Posted on 05/08/2006 5:25:42 PM PDT by Palladin
Monday, May 08, 2006
Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo is the subject of an FBI investigation related to poker parties and possible use of prostitutes to curry favor with defense and CIA contracting officials. Investigators are probing whether San Diego-based defense contractor Brent Wilkes provided prostitutes to lawmakers or Foggo in order to win federal contracts.
The CIA sent out an e-mail to agency staff Monday afternoon announcing that Foggo was stepping down, but it did not say whether he was leaving the agency, U.S. officials said. Suggestions have been made that he will retire soon.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
But Porter Goss only played poker.
"If he attended occasional card games with friends over the years, Mr. Foggo insists they were that and nothing more," the CIA statement said.Government watchdog groups say it appears defense contractors lost huge sums at the poker table with the expectation they would later reap millions in government contracts
I think not, it's more like continuing to peel layers off.
Foggo........Foggy Bottom.....???
Weed the crooks out and throw them in prison. Then carry on.
When it comes to women all men are dumb. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize but was torpedoed by the feminists. They held out for "when it comes to anything all men are dumb."
Many, many layers. Or strands. Who else will be caught up in this spider's web?
Alas, 'tis true of men in politics. They think they will never get caught.
Poker for contracts:
"The third in power at the CIA was at several of these games and was an active participant, and that one individual sent contracts to one of the co-conspirators who managed the game and paid for everything," alleged Keith Ashdown, vice president for Taxpayers for Common Sense.
New reality TV show........
As The Rock is Turned Over......see what comes out.
Undercover work.
Under the covers:
Foggo approved a contract to a company owned by Wilkes to provide water, first-aid kits and other supplies to CIA agents in Afghanistan and Iraq. That contract is now the subject of the separate CIA inspector general investigation. Wilkes' attorney, Michael Lipman, has said Wilkes was not involved in any prostitution for contracts scheme. Those charges were raised by a second defense contractor who has pleaded guilty in the case.
Did he blow the cover of the prostitute and will Fitzerald be brought in to screw this up>?
Don't know, but it's all over for Dusty Foggo, and probably for his good buddy Goss.
This was inevitable with Goss leaving, but ping anyway.
They should never be playing with the prostitutes. Makes them come off like the Islamic terrorist on their night before their religious plane crashes to their moon god.
It's pretty nasty business. Rumors rampant in DC that the pros at these parties were male.
Still, it's pretty scary that this kind of corruption is not the province of Democrats alone.
Where did you get that idea?
Welcome to FR!
Hmmmmmmmm....wonder if this CIA Inspector General is MARY McCARTHY???? Did SHE open up an inestigation to SMEAR Goss's friend?? HMMMMMMM....I would LOVE to know just who called for this investigation!!
don't be so sure.
In these Spy versus Spy scenarios, it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys.
I'm not sure of anything...that's why I said "probably".
A prophet I'm not.
I'm not buying this just yet - too much innuendo, to easy to setup. what kind of money was involved? how much?
I'm sure it is not unconnected. It seems this is a blackmail situation and McCarthy's minions pulled the trigger. Of course, all the allegations may also be true.
So...They were playing poke 'em instead of poke 'er?
Pinging you to more info on Pokergate.
Nah, more likely the prostitute blew his....ah..cover.
Nothing new in D.C. Remember the scandal with the young male ushers thirty years ago?
No one knows the whole extent of the money involved. Foggo did give Wilkes a $3 million contract for bottled water fdor agents in Afghanistan.
Then there's the limousine contracts:
Meanwhile, lawmakers raised questions Monday about Department of Homeland Security contracts to Shirlington Limousine. Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee sent a letter Monday to the department's inspector general questioning whether Shirlington Limousine was qualified to get the two contracts it was awarded by the department, one for $3.8 million in April 2004 and another for as much as $21 million over five years in October 2005.
(These are the limos that purportedly transported the prostitutes to the poker games.)
Ping!
I REALLY want to Know if Mary McCarthy called for this investigation!! Also....wonder if this was a set-up for Goss to be caught in also!!
Don't forget that Barney Franks gay lover was RUNNING a PROSTITUTION ring out of Barney's BASEMENT!!!! What happened to Barney????? He's gotten re-elected by those creepy people in Mass. again and again!!
A Limousine Company got a $3 Million dollar contract for WHAT??? It was NOT to carry Prostitutes.....what was this cotract for exactly???
Yeah, we all know about Barney Franks, but he's a Democrat. We expect corruption from Democrats.
Republicans aren't supposed to be doing these things.
Anyway, I'm glad that the President and Negroponte are on the case, and the bad guys WILL be rooted out.
In the meantime, it's all as intriguing as a Helen MacInnes cold war mystery novel.
Interesting theory.
I'm pretty disheartened by the the condition of our intel- but it's taken a long time to get it to this stage so quick fixes are unlikely.
From what I can glean- it seems perhaps Goss lacked strong leadership skills- though admittedly he was taking on a nest. If Hayden uses military discipline to run the CIA there's hope the nest can really be cleaned out.
Regardless- Iran is breathing down our neck- and without clarity in Washington on both sides of the aisle it could get really ugly. Iraq as a staging ground is a clear advantage tactically. Strategically though- the variables are so numerous between the Sunni's, the Shiite's and Kurds- Palestine, oil etc it's hard to see.
No, no, no. Wilkes (who is a lifelong friend and college buddy of Foggo) was awarded the $3 mil. for water. Wilkes and Foggo played football together at San Diego State U. They named their sons after each other. Wilkes came to D.C. to do business when invited by his good friend Foggo in 1980.
This has been going on for a long long time, under various administrations. The good ole boy network.
And the taxpayers are robbed blind.
Oh, and read the article to find out about the limo company. Gazillions to ferry Homeland Security folks from one building to another around D.C.
Why don't they get off their lardasses and WALK???
Government waste and corruption--I hate it!
What do you think of suggestions here at FR and elsewhere to completely dismantle the current CIA, and start a new agency from scratch?
Report in NY Sun that Negropote will take covert ops away from the CIA:
The pending appointment of General Michael Hayden as director of the Central Intelligence Agency will pave the way for the agency's emasculation and for the Pentagon to assume full authority over paramilitary operations.
A senior intelligence community official yesterday said the director of national intelligence, John Negroponte, has indicated "he is willing to give up covert operations to the Pentagon."
The source also pointed out that the Pentagon has requested increased budget authority to prepare for the acquisition of the CIA's targeted military operations. The intelligence overhaul of 2004 envisioned that they would remain under the purview of the CIA.
The authority to commission and plan these secret military operations has been a point of contention since 2004 when Congress and the White House began reorganizing the intelligence community.
The proposed change would give the Pentagon unfettered authority to plan and conduct these operations without consulting an intelligence bureaucracy its civilian leaders have deemed hostile to the president's war policy.
By going into Iraq first, and already being in Afghanistan, we 've flanked Iran.
In theory- it seems to be a sound idea- I'm all for a thorough cleaning. In practice though- how would that look?
I don't have any experience or knowledge about systems- either tearing down or building up, but in order to KEEP intel coming in- analysis going on, and everyone having an office with the lights on and the computers plugged in -all the while - seems a foreboding task.
It's like Iraq building a new army and police force- what happens in the meantime? They have us. What would we DO while starting from scratch?
It's a scary thought, really. An institution that has become corrupt from within, with bureaucrats clogging it up- and yet how could we start over?
YIKES!
Well...this ought to produce some fireworks, eh?
how do we know the contract wasn't legitimate?
After reading further, I've learned something new. Covert Ops and Clandestine Ops are two different functions of the Agency. Covert Ops have always been tied up with the military.
Clandestine Services is in charge of the agents in foreign places. They will be very annoyed if Hayden tries to mess with them.
It's mind-boggling.
On the 'To be expected' list. Thanx for the ping.
Maybe the contract was legitimate, but the way in which it was given was not.
There's so much more to this story.
Like, what is the real identity of the Goss aide whose nickname is Nine Fingers, and what is his connection to the sex and poker parties?
But I'm done reading for tonight.
It will be interesting to watch it all unfold.
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