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USCG Peshawar: Robert Reed Assumes Charge as Consul General
The new Consul General for the USCG Peshawar arrived last month and has assumed charge. This is one officer who did not just do one week of crash and bang at some Virginia farm. Robert Reed joined the...
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Letter From Caracas: Did You Hear About the American Diplomat Carjacked in...
Jon Lee Anderson has a piece on What has Hugo Chávez wrought in Venezuela? (see Letter From Caracas, Slumlord, New Yorker, Jan 28, 2013). Anderson reports: “Caracas has deteriorated beyond all measure....
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US Embassy Caracas: Two American Officials Wounded at “Some Sort of Social Spot”
The State Department has confirmed that 1) “two members of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas were injured during an incident early this morning” (May 28); 2) their injuries do not appear to be life...
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USCG Peshawar Employee Faisal Saeed Killed in Pakistan
– Domani Spero Pakistani news reports that two gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire on Faisal Saeed, 30, outside his residence in Peshawar. Senior police official Najibur Rehman reportedly...
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US Embassy Venezuela: Local Employee Miguel Cartaya Killed in Caracas
– Domani Spero We posted recently about the US Embassy Caracas where three embassy officials were given 48 hours to leave the country (see Venezuela (Where Almost No One Has Toilet Paper) Kicks Out...
View ArticleForeign Service Employee Pleads Guilty to Submitting False Claims to @StateDept
On October 17, USDOJ announced that a “Foreign Service Officer” Tiffany Thomas has pleaded guilty for submitting false claims while employed at the Regional Security Office in Lome, Togo. Foreign...
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