Intelligence: Goss Goes Out—But the CIA's Struggles Go On - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com

Intelligence: Goss Goes Out—But the CIA's Struggles Go On - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com:

"Forced out last week as CIA director, Porter Goss... , Goss replaced an embattled George Tenet two years ago. His first move was to bring in several of his top Hill aides ... Foggo... .

Foggo was a high-school football teammate and college buddy of Brent Wilkes's, a defense contractor who was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator when former San Diego congressman and ex-Navy air ace Randy (Duke) Cunningham pleaded guilty. The CIA has acknowledged that its internal watchdog is investigating if Foggo helped steer any contracts to Wilkes. According to three sources who declined to be identified commenting on the details of a government probe, there are also indications that the Feds are interested in Foggo's role in the wider Cunningham bribery scandal. Recent news reports have alleged that Wilkes (who has not been charged with any crime) sponsored poker parties at the Watergate and other expensive Washington hotels, and that he may have been involved in a scheme to provide prostitutes to the disgraced Cunningham. Wilkes has reportedly denied the allegation through his attorney.
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An eyewitness (who asked not to be identified commenting on sensitive matters) told NEWSWEEK that in 1999, Foggo, Cunningham and a former Goss aide and ex-CIA official known as Nine Fingers (identified to NEWSWEEK as Brant Bassett) attended an all-male Wilkes poker party at the Westin Grand Hotel in Washington."