Posted on 05/13/2006 1:39:43 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Federal agents yesterday searched the CIA offices and Northern Virginia home of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, the spy agency's No. 3 official who was forced to resign this week amid a widening criminal investigation into allegations of government corruption and bribery.
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Aside from well-publicized espionage cases, veteran intelligence officers said they could not recall another time when FBI agents picked through offices at the CIA's Langley headquarters..
Earlier this year, however, he was placed under investigation by the CIA inspector general and federal prosecutors after allegations that he helped a high school friend, Brent R. Wilkes, obtain CIA contracts and improperly accepted vacation trips from Wilkes. Foggo has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged. His attorney, William G. Hundley, did not return calls yesterday.
Wilkes, a San Diego defense contractor, has been under investigation for allegedly bribing former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.), who pleaded guilty to corruption charges last November and is serving a prison sentence of more than eight years. Wilkes has not been charged, but he was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Cunningham probe.
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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/05/13/state/n112655D22.DTL
Foggo's ties to Wilkes go back to childhood. The two grew up together in the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista, played on the same high school football team and roomed together at San Diego State University. The men are so close they each named a son after the other.
Here is how it works :
A company that has a product/service for the govt pays the lobbyist $10 million. Within a year the company gets a govt contract/order for $20 million, and in the meantime competition is disparaged - with pseudo-official findings.
(The 10 mil pays the lobbyist, a well-placed 'expert', and a few congressmen)
And little Foggo Wilkes is still angry about it, as is young Mr Wilkes Foggo.
ROFLMHO!!!!!!
Did either of them come dressed as 007? LOL.
Small world indeed.
Too funny!!!
Just a hunch . . . investigators probably want to talk to you.
It would be pointless. I haven't seen either of those guys since they graduated from high school in 1972. I remember their names and faces, but that's no surprise. I could walk up to any person on campus and call them by name. One pass through the high school annual was sufficient.
Dusty and Brent headed off the San Diego State. I headed off to UCSD the following year.
Oh, no. You're not getting off that easy. :)
Seriously, the first time I've seen anything about a HS connection is in this WaPo article. Which probably means someone has already been snooping around out there.
I do believe this story is just getting started, however.
My 1972 Hilltop High annual is on a bookshelf here in my office. My picture appears with the sophomores that year. The 1973 annual has me in the senior section as I qualified to be a membe of the senior class by virtue of credits completed. I had to fight the school board to get them to agree to that manner of classification. 15 other members of my class took advantage of the new classification to graduate early as well.
I didn't know that Dusty had taken a job as a security guard at Sears. I also didn't know that Brent had apparently been very successful. From the news stories, it seems that along with success came excesses at parties and personal behavior.
One thing is certain. You guys will have a lot to talk about at your next HS Class Reunion.
Not likely. I graduated in the class of 1973. Dusty and Brent graduated in the class of 1972.
I scanned a page from my 1972 Hilltop High School annual. All the news stories talk about Dusty as a football player. Here is a picture I scanned of Dusty with the wrestling team.
Small world...indeed. Holy cow!
He could have played Lurch in, what was it, the Adams Family?
Yeah, turns out I went to SDSU at the same time as them. I attended from 1974 to 1978, graduating in May, and Wilkes graduated in 1977. AFAIK, I don't know him, but it IS a small world, isn't it?
I was at SDSU from Sept 1976 to June 1977 for graduate school in the Microbiology department. I completed all my course work for my master's, but the second semester was spoiled by a severe case of pneumonia.
My favorite recollection from my time on campus was lunch at the Jack-in-the-Box. I ventured over to enjoy a fried bean burrito. There was a new young lady at the counter. Her temporary name badge said "M. Toast" in white letters on a red Dymo tape label. A week later, I returned for another burrito. Her permanent name tag arrived with a nice professional flair. It simply said, "Melba".
That's funny! Someone with a sense of humor at JITB? I worked for them for over a year while I was in college, but the one in OB on Voltaire. My first year there, I lived in Olmeca dorm which was right behind that particular JITB. Once again, small world!
I really miss the fried bean burritos. They were perfect with a little squeeze of hot sauce before each bite.
As Henry Kissinger once said, "Power is the greatest aphrodisiac." They think they're untouchable, I guess.
Carolyn
We went back 2 years ago as tourists, though. Stayed at the Islandia and hung out at MB everyday. It's a great place to visit but glad we don't live there anymore.
My #2 son has 16 days of school left before he completes his BA in Business. The graduation ceremony will be in Phoenix instead of San Diego. Hooray!
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