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#3 at CIA under investigation for Contractor Bribery
The CIA inspector general has opened an investigation into the spy agency's executive director, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, and his connections to two defense contractors accused of bribing a member of Congress and Pentagon officials.The CIA released an official statement on the matter to ABC News, saying: "It is standard practice for CIA's Office of Inspector General -- an aggressive, independent watchdog -- to look into assertions that mention agency officers. That should in no way be seen as lending credibility to any allegation. "Mr. Foggo has overseen many contracts in his decades of public service. He reaffirms that they were properly awarded and administered." The CIA said Foggo, the No. 3 official at the CIA, would have no further comment. He will remain in his post at the CIA during the investigation, according to officials. Two former CIA officials told ABC News that Foggo oversaw contracts involving at least one of the companies accused of paying bribes to Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham. The story was first reported by Newsweek magazine. As executive director of the CIA, Foggo oversees the administration of the giant spy agency. He was appointed to the post by CIA Director Porter Goss after working as a midlevel procurement supervisor, according to former CIA officials. While based in Frankfurt, Germany, he oversaw and approved contracts for CIA operations in Iraq. Foggo is a longtime friend of Brent Wilkes, referred to as co-conspirator No. 1 in government documents filed in the Cunningham investigation. The two played high school football and were in each other's weddings. According to government documents, Wilkes gave Cunningham $630,000 in cash and gifts in exchange for help in getting government contracts. Wilkes was the founder of ADSC Inc, in 1995. Under Wilkes, the company obtained more than $95 million in government contracts. Officials say they could not describe the CIA contracts in question because some of them were classified secret. EFL Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-02 |
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