6 Congressmen Caught Up in Watergate Scandal

[leftyladyfrommo]

http://harpers.org/sb-loss-of-goss-3025720.html

But they aren't named yet. Shucks. I sure hope they aren't ours.

Looks like this Goss thing and the hooker scandal is going to just get better and better. I am kind of partial to the Nine Fingers character. It is just so mafia-like.

[blm]

1. Check out who is on the same committees with Cunningham that

distributed defense dollars.

[papau]

2. CW says 15 other GOP are involved - but the 6 Congressmen will be

a good start.

[LiberalEsto]

3. What a pack of idiots!

You'd think they could find someplace else for their activities, someplace less wrapped in old associations of GOP disasters of the past.

If I were Moe of the Three Stooges, I'd line up the six and give them a serial faceslap right across the kissers.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. Yea, it's right up there with e-mailing all of your secrets on the

office computer. I mean, how dumb is that?

[0007]

4. 'Tis a must read article

Why did CIA chief Porter Goss resign on Friday? There are several theories, and one of the most widely circulated holds that Goss quit after losing a simple turf war with John Negroponte, the Director of National Intelligence. And yes, Negroponte and Goss have been feuding over turf, but it seems unlikely that this is the sole explanation for Goss’s exit.

As UPI reporter Shaun Waterman has written, “There may be underlying reasons for Goss’s departure that are . . . prosaic—he was seen by some as lacking vision and criticized by others as a lousy manager—but the rumor–mill was stoked by the fact that his departure on Friday had the unconvincing choreography of the Andropov-era Soviet Union.” In fact, people I've talked to say that the resignation is not only the result of a feud with Negroponte but is also at least indirectly connected to potential fallout from the Duke Cunningham scandal.

That scandal continues to unfold. Dusty Foggo, Goss's once-surprise pick for the CIA's number-three post (who reportedly quit today), has acknowledged attending parties thrown by Brent Wilkes, the defense contractor who allegedly bribed Cunningham, at the Watergate Hotel. Foggo is now under investigation, and his ties to Wilkes are being scrutinized by Cunningham-case investigators and internally at the CIA. Foggo has denied having any knowledge regarding the prostitutes who allegedly attended the parties. Goss, through the CIA press office, claims never to have attended the parties at all.

[Zen Democrat]

6. Who's the dream-team for the 6 Congressmen ...

Looks to me like this may have been a California GOP deal. If so, I'd say the candidates for the Six for Sex are:

Pombo
Doolittle
Rohrabacher
Hunter
Lewis

I'll leave that last spot open for now, because if this group is not exclusive to California, I'm just hoping and praying that Hot Tub Tom was there, too -- with booze, cigars, prostitutes, poker, you know, all the pious Christian pastimes.

[acmavm]

7. Now this is a switch...

<snip> Shirlington is the firm that is deeply implicated in the Cunningham scandal and got the DHS contract despite being headed by a man with a lengthy criminal record.
<snip>

This guy had a criminal record BEFORE working with the repubs. Usually they're guaranteed to have one AFTER working with repubs.

[NastyDiaper]

8. Are they searching the morgue for the hi-class hookers?

dead naked bodies is about all this story lacks now.