Republican Scandal And The CIA

Was the current scandal involving Jack Abramoff, Delay and the Republican Party the reason that Porter Goss up and quit as CIA Director?

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There was also speculation yesterday that he may have gone partly as a result of a lobbying scandal involving some of his senior staff. An FBI investigation is under way into the activities of the agency's third ranking official, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo. He is accused of fraternising with a lobbyist who stands accused of hiring prostitutes for the entertainment of politicians. Administration officials firmly denied that Mr Goss's departure was in any way connected with that investigation.

Goss Going... We Should Have Seen It Coming

More important, intelligence has continued to generate controversy. In recent days, one high-ranking CIA analyst has been fired for leaking classified information, possibly including the use of foreign prisons as sites for CIA interrogation of terror suspects. The fired analyst has denied leaking that information and may have a legal case against the agency.

More recent yet are revelations that the CIA's number three official, Dusty Foggo, has links to a defense contractor convicted of bribing at least one congressman. Foggo reportedly attended parties organized by the contractor at which members of Congress and other insiders were offered a range of entertainments from poker to prostitution.

Oh that CIA up to its old trick's again, blackmail, poker and prostitutes. Geez its a sixties flashback.


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