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"Harry Hope" |
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12 May 2006 05:25:30 PM |
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Feds Search Home, Office of CIA Official in Corruption and Sex Scandal |
The inspector general has been investigating Foggo's relationship with
Wilkes for more than two months.
The inquiry stems from the investigation of Cunningham, who is serving
a prison term of more than eight years after admitting last year that
he took $2.4 million in bribes from government contractors.
Mitchell Wade, another contractor, pleaded guilty in February to
conspiring with Cunningham and is cooperating with investigators.
Wilkes is described in court papers as an unindicted coconspirator.
The investigation includes allegations, raised by Wade, that Wilkes
provided Cunningham with prostitutes, limousines and hotel suites.
Foggo has acknowledged participating in poker games organized by
Wilkes at the hotel rooms, but he has said nothing untoward went on
while he was there.
From The Associated Press, 5/12/06:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/3859935.html
Feds Search Home, Office of CIA Official
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --
Federal agents searched the home and office of the CIA's departing No.
3 official on Friday as part of a corruption investigation that has
sent a former congressman to prison and now involves CIA contracts.
Investigators from five federal agencies acted under search warrants
at the home of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo in Vienna, Va., and his office at
the CIA's Langley, Va., campus, FBI spokeswoman Debra Weierman said.
Both locations are in the Washington suburbs.
The warrants themselves were sealed and officials would not discuss
what agents were seeking.
Foggo agreed to step down as the CIA's executive officer under
pressure because federal authorities are investigating whether he
improperly awarded contracts to San Diego businessman and friend Brent
Wilkes, according to federal law enforcement and intelligence
officials.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because investigations were
ongoing.
Prosecutors have implicated Wilkes in a scheme to bribe former Rep.
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., but he has not been charged and his
lawyer has said Wilkes did nothing wrong.
Among the contracts under scrutiny is one that dates from Foggo's
previous job of running the logistics at a secret facility in Europe
that supplies CIA personnel in war zones, the law enforcement official
said.
Foggo gave the multimillion-dollar contract to supply bottled water to
a Wilkes-related company, the official said.
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Forget Foggo, he's toast.
Harry
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| Title: Re: Feds Search Home, Office of CIA Official in Corruption and Sex Scandal |
12 May 2006 05:37:16 PM |
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On Fri, 12 May 2006 22:25:30 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
The inspector general has been investigating Foggo's relationship with
Wilkes for more than two months.
The inquiry stems from the investigation of Cunningham, who is serving
a prison term of more than eight years after admitting last year that
he took $2.4 million in bribes from government contractors.
Mitchell Wade, another contractor, pleaded guilty in February to
conspiring with Cunningham and is cooperating with investigators.
Wilkes is described in court papers as an unindicted coconspirator.
The investigation includes allegations, raised by Wade, that Wilkes
provided Cunningham with prostitutes, limousines and hotel suites.
Foggo has acknowledged participating in poker games organized by
Wilkes at the hotel rooms, but he has said nothing untoward went on
while he was there.
From The Associated Press, 5/12/06:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/3859935.html
Feds Search Home, Office of CIA Official
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON --
Federal agents searched the home and office of the CIA's departing No.
3 official on Friday as part of a corruption investigation that has
sent a former congressman to prison and now involves CIA contracts.
Another one bites the dust.
Investigators from five federal agencies acted under search warrants
at the home of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo in Vienna, Va., and his office at
the CIA's Langley, Va., campus, FBI spokeswoman Debra Weierman said.
Both locations are in the Washington suburbs.
Affluence has it's privileges.
The warrants themselves were sealed and officials would not discuss
what agents were seeking.
Oh?
Foggo agreed to step down as the CIA's executive officer under
pressure because federal authorities are investigating whether he
improperly awarded contracts to San Diego businessman and friend Brent
Wilkes, according to federal law enforcement and intelligence
officials.
Now who has that pesky "black book?"
They spoke on condition of anonymity because investigations were
ongoing.
Sure.
Prosecutors have implicated Wilkes in a scheme to bribe former Rep.
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif., but he has not been charged and his
lawyer has said Wilkes did nothing wrong.
Sure.
Among the contracts under scrutiny is one that dates from Foggo's
previous job of running the logistics at a secret facility in Europe
that supplies CIA personnel in war zones, the law enforcement official
said.
Foggo gave the multimillion-dollar contract to supply bottled water to
a Wilkes-related company, the official said.
For Christ'ssakes! Where and when will all this corruption end?
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Forget Foggo, he's toast.
Harry
Kyle "Dusty Frogmarch" Foggo . . . It sings! Maybe Goss isn't too
far behind.
" . . .The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized . . . "
--- 4th Amendment, US Constitution
" Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way,
any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap,
it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed,
by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're
talking about getting a court order before we do so . . ." --- George
W. Bush, Kleinshans Music Hall, April 20. 2004 -
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