Another spy gets burned at the stake.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/13/cia.foggo/index.html
Sources: Ex-CIA No. 3 to be indicted in corruption inquiry
From Kelli Arena and Terry Frieden
CNN Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The former third-ranking official at the CIA,
Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, is expected to be indicted Tuesday in California
in an investigation into public corruption and defense contracts,
according to two sources familiar with the case.
Federal prosecutors in San Diego plan to announce that Foggo will be
indicted in connection with an inquiry into the awarding of secret
Pentagon contracts, the sources said.
Defense contractor Brent Wilkes, who has been a focus of the
investigation by the U.S. attorney's office in San Diego, also is
expected to be indicted, according to sources who asked not to be
identified because of grand jury secrecy rules.
A federal grand jury was meeting Tuesday in San Diego to consider
indictments, The Associated Press reported.
The Justice Department refused any comment.
Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-California, pleaded guilty to
bribery, fraud and tax evasion charges in the case. He resigned from
Congress in 2005 after entering the plea. He is serving an eight-year
prison sentence.
Foggo was plucked from relative obscurity by then-CIA Director Porter
Goss to become the CIA's executive director, the agency's No. 3
position. As such, Foggo was in charge of day-to-day operations at
the spy agency.
Goss is not accused in the case, officials said.
Foggo resigned from the CIA last year amid the inquiry into his
relationship with Wilkes, who was linked to the Cunningham bribery
case. The two men reportedly have been friends since childhood.
Legal filings in the Cunningham case allege that an unindicted
co-conspirator gave Cunningham $525,000 in bribes in return for $6
million in government contracts. Officials have identified the
unindicted co-conspirator as Wilkes.
According to a CNN report in May 2006, the CIA's inspector general
was looking at a contract Wilkes had with the CIA, awarded by Foggo,
to see if there was anything improper in the deal.
The contract, valued at $2.4 million, was for providing water and
household items to CIA agents operating in war zones such as
Afghanistan and Iraq.
In addition, federal law enforcement sources told CNN for the 2006
report that the investigation continues into "outstanding issues" in
the Cunningham bribery case, and that Foggo is part of those issues.
FBI agents searched Foggo's Virginia home and his CIA office in
Langley, Virginia, last May.
After reports surfaced alleging Wilkes provided Cunningham with
limousines and prostitutes at two Washington hotels, Foggo said he
had attended poker parties thrown by Wilkes there.
In a statement issued by the CIA at the time, Foggo said he never saw
anything "untoward" at the games, and he said any allegation to the
contrary would be "false, outrageous and irresponsible."
"If he attended occasional card games with friends over the years,
Mr. Foggo insists they were that and nothing more," a spokeswoman said.
Mark Geragos, an attorney for Wilkes, did not respond to messages
seeking comment Tuesday, according to the AP.
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