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"Harry Hope" |
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08 May 2006 11:39:11 AM |
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Getting screwed in, and by, Republican Washington |
From a President who claims to talk to God to a Hill leadership
dominated by the hypocritical religious right, the Republicans held
their moral noses high in the air while they copped a feel under the
skirts of Lady Justice.
Which brings us back to Goss and his number three, hand-picked deputy
Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, a regular at the poker parties thrown at the
Westin Grand and Watergate Hotels by Brent Wilkes, a defense
contractor and longtime friend of Foggo.
Wilkes first surfaced in the investigation of former GOP Congressman
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who left Congress after copping a plea on
bribery charges and replaced his Congressional office for federal
prison.
But Cunningham wasn't the only Republican fatcat playing poker at the
hotels and then bedding down with hookers afterwards.
Foggo showed up often and, according to some sources, so did Goss,
which could explain his abrupt departure from the CIA.
Former CIA operative Larry Johnson says Goss had a longtime
relationship "with Dusty and Brent Wilkes that is has been the subject
of investigation by federal prosecutors" and could lead to indictment
of all three.
"Dusty was a big poker player, and it's my understanding that Porter
Goss was also at Wilkes's parties for poker," Johnson adds.
"It's going to be guilt by association."
Whether Goss also took advantage of the pleasures of the ladies of the
evening is also open to speculation and investigation.
According to those who did, these weren't the quickie ***** girls
from 14th Street but high-priced call girls that go to $1,000 or more
a night and give a guy the time of his life.
But as we learn more and more about those who preached the moral high
ground, the ladies of the evening weren't the real whores in those
hotel rooms.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8576.shtml
Getting screwed in, and by, Washington
By DOUG THOMPSON
May 8, 2006
Porter Goss's decision to quit the Central Intelligence Agency cold
turkey has a lot of Washington watchers wondering just how deeply
involved the former Florida Congressman may be in the growing
"hookergate" scandal.
We already know the deputy he brought on board at Langley was a
regular at the poker and hooker parties and Republican strategist Ed
Rollins says as many as 15 current members of Congress could wind up
indicted in Washington's latest sex, money and power scandal.
"If this House scandal is as big as I think it is from talking to
people that are around it -- of course it started with Cunningham and
it's moving beyond that," Rollins said on the Charlie Rose show.
"There was a real little cabal on the Defense Appropriations Committee
in which a couple of people who basically made an awful lot of money
off of defense contractors and basically rewarded a bunch of members,
Republicans."
Cabal.
That's a strong word for a Republican to use about fellow party
members but it's also a term that gets tossed around Washington these
days.
We have the Bush cabal, the GOP cabal on the Hill, the Conservative
Cabal and God-knows how many other cabals fouling the nest.
Lobbyists have long served as pimps for members of Congress but the
depth of scandal and corruption that surrounds the leadership on the
Hill and the cabal (there's that word again) down at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue shocks even the most cynical of long-time Washington politicos.
"There's no doubt the level of corruption is at an all-time high while
morality in government has fallen to an all-time low," says political
scientist George Harleigh, who worked in both the Nixon and Reagan
administrations.
"The prevailing attitude of 'the law doesn't apply to me' is also at
an all-time high."
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Harry
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