announced that his office and home were bugged with cameras and listening devices. Ambassador McFarland described the situation as a "failure" of the Secretariat of Administrative Affairs and Security (SAAS). During the nationwide violence of March 2009, the wife of Sergio Morales, Guatemala's Attorney General for Human Rights was kidnapped and tortured. Ambassador McFarland offered the full support of the US to investigate the crime. Coordinator of Rule of Law and Enforcement-Afghanistan Ambassador McFarland learned Dari in the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington, VA up until January 2012. After his posting at the Foreign Service Institute, he assumed the post of Coordinator of Rule of Law and Enforcement in Kabul, Afghanistan. References External links U.S. Embassy Guatemala McFarland 2008 State Dept. Blog post Stephen McFarland Facebook page (accessed March 27, 2009) US Embassy Guatemala 2008 US Election Day photos 1954 births Living people Ambassadors of the United States to Guatemala United States Foreign Service personnel