Richard Griffin was appointed in June 2005
The man in charge of security for US diplomats in Iraq has resigned after heavy criticism of how foreign private security firms in Iraq are supervised.
US state department official Richard Griffin did not mention the issue in his resignation letter.
But he left just a day after the department moved to strengthen government oversight of the firms.
The changes were prompted by the deaths of Iraqi civilians in an incident involving the Blackwater company.
At present, foreign private security contractors have immunity from prosecution under Iraqi law but the Iraqi government is reportedly preparing a bill to make them accountable locally.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told Reuters news agency that the bill was being discussed in the cabinet and would be submitted to parliament "soon".
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