US Ambassador feared Khan attack, requested more protection

Roland Bullen

Former US Ambassador Roland Bullen in 2006 strongly believed that his life was under threat by drug kingpin Roger Khan and the embassy wrote to Washington for further security assistance after one of Khan’s bodyguards was seen opposite a building where the ambassador was having a meeting.

In a March 30, 2006 secret cable from his Georgetown office Bullen wrote and requested further   security support from Washington to make his security detail stronger following the March 8, 2006 sighting of Khan’s bodyguard.

“On March 8, ARSO [Assistant Regional Security Officer] was providing protection for Ambassador who was in a meeting at the UNDP building, and observed a known bodyguard of