Former CIA official, contractor plead not guilty to new charges

[Demeter]

Source: Associated Press

Former CIA official, contractor plead not guilty to new charges
By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press Writer
Published 6:45 pm PDT Monday, May 14, 2007



SAN DIEGO -- A former top CIA official pleaded not guilty Monday to new charges that he pushed a proposed government contract worth at least $100 million for his best friend in return for lavish vacations, private jet flights and a lucrative job offer.

The indictment, returned last week, replaced charges brought in February against Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who resigned from the spy agency a year ago, and Poway-based defense contractor Brent Wilkes.

The pair now face 30 wide-ranging counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering and each face more than 20 years in prison if convicted, prosecutors said...The new indictment outlines a second scheme in which Foggo allegedly provided Wilkes with "sensitive, internal information related to our national security," including classified information, to help him prepare bids for providing undercover flights for the CIA under the guise of a civil aviation company and armored vehicles for agency operations. Foggo, who was the agency's executive director at the time, is also charged with encouraging his CIA colleagues to hire Wilkes without disclosing that the pair were childhood friends.

...A new indictment was returned in that case last week that included new charges against another defendant, Long Island mortgage banker John T. Michael, who was described as a co-conspirator in Cunningham's 2005 plea agreement. Michael now faces counts of money laundering and unlawful monetary transactions in connection with wire transfers allegedly used to pay off the mortgage on Cunningham's $2.5 million Rancho Santa Fe mansion. Both men pleaded not guilty to the new charges. All three men remain free on bail.











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Sorry, grabbed the wrong article first time

[lynnertic]

1. I think this article is a month old...

[Demeter]

2. grabbed the wrong one--fixed it now

[acmavm]

3. Just think about the people who'd be making pleas in front of a

judge if we had an honest justice system.

We wouldn't have to worry about the republican party for generations.

[maddezmom]

4. Whatever Foggo

even the WH and the scandal ridden USA's have got your number.

[jtrockville]

5. I hope they squeal like the pigs that they are. (nt)

[Qutzupalotl]

6. K

since I can't R