Posted on 05/08/2006 9:29:00 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
CIA's Foggo Expected to Resign Soon
May 08, 2006 11:40 AM
Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:
Dusty Foggo, the executive director of the CIA linked to a bribery investigation, is expected to resign soon, according to CIA officials and his associates.
Outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss had refused to remove Foggo from his powerful post after Foggo came under investigation by the FBI and the CIA Inspector General.
A CIA official said Foggo's resignation would be "pretty normal" following the resignation of Goss as Director.
The choice of Foggo to run the agency's day-to-day activities has been cited as an example of Goss' mismanagement of the spy agency.
Before being handpicked by Goss, Foggo had been written up for insubordination by his supervisor, the highest ranking African American woman in the CIA.
A CIA official confirmed the incident but said the insubordination report was never formally filed.
The supervisor, Jeanette Moore, resigned shortly after Foggo was promoted by Goss.
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Maybe he's waiting for a new DCI before deciding his future.
I thought this had to be from Scrappleface or the Onion.
Too bad it wasn't Foggy Bottom..........
Related to the Top Gun "Duke" Scandal?
Leggo my foggo
Rumored to be.
Watch closely. Pretty soon you will be hearing a racial bent to this crap. After all the top female African American in the CIA resigned or perhaps was asked to leave.
Foggo Out at CIA
No. 3 Man at CIA Resigns Amid Growing Corruption Allegations
By BRIAN ROSS and RICHARD ESPOSITO
May 8, 2006 — - ABC News has learned that Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, the hand-picked executive director of the CIA under Porter Goss, has resigned -- the same day as his boss's replacement was announced by the White House.
Foggo is at the center of a swirling storm of corruption allegations -- and there are suggestions that the scandal, which involves poker parties, sweetheart contracts and prostitutes -- could spread, further tainting the agency. His resignation may serve to tamp down some of the damage to the agency itself as an FBI criminal probe and a CIA inspector general's investigation continue.
Earlier today, the White House announced that Gen. Michael Hayden had been picked to replace Goss, whose resignation came at the end of last week.
ABC News' Christopher Isham reported today that a respected veteran CIA officer -- Stephen Kappes -- had already been asked to return to the agency as Hayden's right hand. Kappes had left the agency when Goss was appointed as its head. Insiders told ABC News that the news of Kappes' expected return is likely to be a huge boost to morale.
Goss had refused to remove Foggo from his powerful post after Foggo came under investigation by the FBI and the CIA Inspector General.
A CIA official said Foggo's resignation would be "pretty normal" following the resignation of Goss as director.
The choice of Foggo to run the agency's day-to-day activities has been cited as an example of Goss' mismanagement of the spy agency.
Before being handpicked by Goss, Foggo had been written up for insubordination by his supervisor, the highest ranking African American woman in the CIA.
A CIA official confirmed the incident but said the insubordination report was never formally filed.
The supervisor, Jeanette Moore, resigned shortly after Foggo was promoted by Goss.
Foggo recently admitted that he attended Washington, D.C., poker parties that figure in a widening corruption scandal involving a defense contractor, Brent Wilkes, who is a longtime friend of Foggo.
Federal officials are investigating whether Wilkes also provided prostitutes at the parties. Foggo has denied seeing any prostitutes at the parties he attended.
The FBI and the CIA Inspector General are both investigating whether any of the CIA contracts awarded to Wilkes were handled improperly.
Foggo has strongly denied any impropriety involving CIA contracts.
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Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo was the Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the third-ranking official in that organization. He resigned from the CIA on May 8, 2006, stating that a new director should be able to choose his own deputies, but also under a cloud of suspician relating to the Cunningham Scandal. He was responsible for executive management of the CIA bureaucracy. He was appointed by the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Porter Goss.
Foggo grew up in the San Diego, California area and attended San Diego State University.
He is currently under investigation by the CIA inspector general for involvement in the bribery case of US congressman Randy Cunningham, due to his personal and professional connections with Cunningham co-conspirator Brent Wilkes.
Here's the answer to why Goss is out. Negroponte wanted him to force Foggo on leave when the IG was doing the investigation. Goss refused to do it - so Goss is now gone.
No mistake the order in which these events have taken place, to my mind. Any thoughts you have, send by FReepmail, okay? I don't want to post my answer to your question on an open board.
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