Dowd: Poker, Hookers and Spooks

[Briar]

Poker, Hookers and Spooks

Maureen Dowd


So much news was popping out all over Washington yesterday, it was hard to decide which way to look.

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But Dusty Foggo? That's a name for a spy that tops Valerie Plame, or even Valerie Flame.

And when you add Dusty to Duke, you've really got something. Dusty was handpicked by Porter Goss in late 2004 to be the No. 3 C.I.A. official, astonishing many agency veterans, according to Newsweek.

Dusty turns out to be a friend of a defense contractor implicated in the federal corruption investigation of the imprisoned Randy "Duke"Cunningham, a former G.O.P. congressman. The contractor, Brent Wilkes, is now entangled in allegations of louche and lewd behavior involving limos, hookers, a poker player with a missing digit from the C.I.A. nicknamed "Nine Fingers," and Watergate hospitality suites where more was offered than just Scotch and pretzels.

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http://select.nytimes.com/2006/05/06/opinion/06dowd.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=print

[Drum]

1. my fav line

was "When spooks get spiked, W spins te spokes."

lol!

[diddlysquat]

2. Read it here:

http://fbihopopeds.blogspot.com/2006/05/maureen-dowd-poker-hookers-and-spooks.html

[necso]

3. Masterful,

as has been all her recent work (whether noted here or not).

Indeed, this work, the previous one, and one I seem to recall (a piece about monkeys, apes, cowboys, tents on the prairie) all strike me (and struck me then) as works of real genius: beautiful, vibrant, boldly-hued paintings; works from the hand of a master, shimmering with bright visuals, ripe with powerful, compelling imagery, and most pleasing to the eye of the beholder.

To say nothing of the great wit and acute, literate, sophisticated sense-of-humor that ripples through -- and bubbles forth from -- her work.

[peacefreak]

4. Maureen, honey....

Is that you?:evilgrin: (And yes, it was a good piece).

[necso]

5. You got guts.

I like that.

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Of course not.

I don't write nearly that well.