CIA's Goss Drawn Into Hooker Probe?

[LiviaOlivia]

CIA's Goss Drawn Into Hooker Probe?
By Justin Rood - April 27, 2006
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000494.php

Ken Silverstein reports at Harper's blog on the spreading Cunningham-Wade-Wilkes prostitute scandal. He says more lawmakers, past and present, are being investigated. Sounds like he thinks House Intel Chair-turned-CIA Director Porter Goss is one of them:

I've learned from a highly-connected source that those under intense scrutiny by the FBI are current and former lawmakers on Defense and Intelligence comittees -- including one person who now holds a powerful intelligence post.

Yowzah.

Actually, make that a double-yowzah: Remember that Goss is the one who plucked one of Wilkes' old San Diego friends, the unusual and colorful Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, out of CIA middle-management obscurity to be his #3 at the agency. At the time of Foggo's appointment, no one could figure out where he came from, or how Goss knew him.

But if Goss was at the "parties," I wonder, was Foggo there too? Did they see each other? Is this where Goss had an opportunity to gauge Foggo's abilities, and determine he was qualified for the CIA executive director post?

~snip~


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[berni_mccoy]

1. OH, K&R!!!

:kick:

[babylonsister]

2. And the hits keep on coming!

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[dchill]

3. What berni_mccoy said.

[sutz12]

4. Maybe this was the part of the polygraph...

That Mary McCarthy failed. :evilgrin:

[dogday]

5. The house of cards

is falling everywhere you look.....:+

[annabanana]

6. It would be sweet justice indeed to see Goss

get tangled up with this. It would make it a lot harder for him to purge the CIA of kool aid abstainers!

[caligirl]

40. red flags, drinking and womanizing, prostitutes. easy blackmail target

[Canuckistanian]

48. Yessss. An obvious security risk

Who knows if one of those hookers was a Mata Hari type.

Good catch.

[hwmnbn]

7. oo-la-la!!! Let the kinkiness begin ........

:party:

[Roland99]

8. Was Katherine Harris one of the hookers?

:rofl:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

11. Talk about frightening the clientel!! Yikes!!

[populistdriven]

33. but these were male hoo,... nvm

[Roland99]

34. LOL

[Peace Patriot]

9. God, I hope they get Goss! Sometimes it's the little worms that bother

you more than the big, fire-breathing dragons.

[Toots]

10. I hope Roberts is one of them as well

He is on Intelligence Committee

[caligirl]

14. Thinking the same thing at the same time!

[caligirl]

12. Hoping Roberts gets screwed in this too, pun intended.

[babylonsister]

21. If so, those hookers worked hard for the money!

:puke:

[AwakeAtLast]

13. Is it Hookergate yet?

<cringe> I know we have too many -gates, but I couldn't resist. Kinda has a certain ring to it, eh?

:kick:

[Tuesday_Morning]

27. well, it's Hookergate at the Watergate

Things that make you go hmmmm

from the WSJ article:

In recent weeks, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have fanned out across Washington, interviewing women from escort services, potential witnesses and others who may have been involved in the arrangement. In an interview, the assistant general manager of the Watergate Hotel confirmed that federal investigators had requested, and been given, records relating to the investigation and rooms in the hotel. But he declined to disclose what the records show.

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114610728002837324-nRnF_ahxSnYdWg6foBQ3_mvCwZ4_20070427.html?mod=blogs

[leveymg]

37. Few remember, but there was a hooker scandal tied in with Watergate, too.

Google: Heidi Reiken call-girl ring. The Heidi Rieken call-girl ring was reported in the back pages of the WP, and involved murder and lots of GOP diddling, a nearly spiked sidebar scandal -- too many powerful people caught up. Mo Dean and Heidi were roomates. Heidi was a Clint Murchison girlfriend from Dallas.

So, nothing's new under the sun.

[AwakeAtLast]

51. So your saying they've had "practice" at this.

;)

[file83]

67. Ask Gannon/Guckert if he's had any "practice" at this....

:rofl:

[RedEarth]

50. lol....one more gate

[Blaze Diem]

15. But is this as big as an Oval Office Blow Job???

Repubs will say its just a "witch hunt"..
if so then I believe K Harris MUST have been there..haaaaaaaaaaaa

All's fair in the current game..they taught us how to play it, afterall.

[jbnow]

39. They'll say that Monica

wasn't paid and that was just wrong.

They were helping increase employment for hookers. That's good. (Hope they paid FICA on it)

[AnnieBW]

16. I second that K&R!

I'd LOOOOOVE to see them get something on Porter Goss!

One of the requirements for being a normal person (regular employee, versus political appointee) in the Intelligence Community is that you have a "lifestyle" polygraph before you're offered a job. Basically, they ask you all kinds of embarrassing questions to see if you react, on the remote chance that you could be blackmailed. One of those questions is if you've ever had a homosexual affair. There's no problem if you're gay (except if you're in the military, but that's a different story), they just want you to be out so that nobody can blackmail you. So, I wonder if political appointees are subject to a lifestyle poly, too?

:kick:

[cascadiance]

54. Duke Cunningham was rumored to be gay...

... so you never know how much of this prostitution might have been gay prostitution, and who knows, that might be where Gannon stepped in too...

Read the following:

http://www.washblade.com/2005/12-2/view/editorial/cunningham.cfm

[caligirl]

17. OMG, Limo service had a contract> did the hookers have a gov contract too

Harpers blog>

It gets even more interesting: the man who has been identified as the CEO of Shirlington has a 62-page rap sheet (I recently obtained a copy) that runs from at least 1979 through 1989 and lists charges of petit larceny, robbery, receiving stolen goods, assault, and more. Curiously—or perhaps not so curiously given the company's connections—Shirlington Limousine is also a Department of Homeland Security contractor; according to the Washington Post, last fall it won a $21.2 million contract for shuttle services and transportation support.

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. The crooks in the administration made a last ditch effort to obstruct

the criminal justice system. What dogs.

[caligirl]

19. Apparently photographs were taken, and investigators are anxiously procuri

Apparently photographs were taken, and investigators are anxiously procuring copies. My heart beats faster in fevered anticipation.

Expect further details to emerge . . .

[LiviaOlivia]

23. LOL!

:rofl:

[Blaze Diem]

26. Where have all the taxpayer dollars gone..

since Bush's mob stepped into our White House.

Did we pay for male prostitutes to "entertain" our government employees of the Bush Administration?

I want to know HOW FUCKIN MUCH WERE WE BILLED FOR THIS ONE????

Expose every damn one of them!!! They need to reimburse the US Govt.

I want my damn money back!

[caligirl]

35. We all wondered that with Gannon/Guckert in the press room and

Wh so often and overnight.

[Jack Rabbit]

29. Maybe a few naked hookers made a pyramid, backside to camera

And Goss was on top of them, grinning, with his thumbs up.

[populistdriven]

36. How many naked male hookers does it take to satisfy a Republican??????????

One IF they are dressed as a Foxnews reporter

[file83]

68. No no...it's ONE if they are dressed up like a WH press corp journalist...

...and TWO if they are dressed up like two FOXNews conservative/liberal talk show hosts. (Hannity & Colmes)

[alfredo]

52. No telling what kind of kink we may find. There might be some

illegal underaged action going on.

[Jack Rabbit]

20. Let's hope so

Goss is another squirrel who needs to be taken off the road.

[caligirl]

24. CAn Negroponte go down with this too, one can pray!

[glitch]

22. Holey guacamoley. This is the party that just gives and gives and gives

There is no end to their soap opera of corruption.

[Pithy Cherub]

47. Cracked up at *hooker probe*

and reading it just made it all the more hilarious! What will tomorrow bring :rofl:

[glitch]

49. The taking down of this group of assholes will be a beautiful thing.

Perhaps children will sing songs of glory about it.
I just hope no one who has to implement their mad plans for world domination actually does so. Dictators and dictator-wannabes have a way of looking mighty tiny when they can't get anyone to enforce their will.

[zulchzulu]

25. Karma is so freakin' kewl!

I like the extra crispy bucket of karma.... woo hoo!

[DearAbby]

28. ::snort::: squeak:::chortle:::sputter:::

Bwahahhahahahahaw
:rofl:





And the hits keep coming


stay tuned kiddies and buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!


want some popcorn? :popcorn:

[stillcool]

30. whaaaa?.......

I'm typeless...:crazy: :rofl:

[leveymg]

31. So nice to see that all that training and tradecraft is finally paying off

Glad to see the regular CIA is finally putting its professional skills to work in the interest of national security and institutional self-preservation. How very, well, CIA-like, this one.

Classic honey trap.B-) :evilgrin: B-) :patriot: :pals: :grouphug: :popcorn:

[Old and In the Way]

41. You betcha!

Timing is exquisite, too. You might find this link of interest:
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/04/wilkes-wade-cunningham-hookers-and.html

Wade Mitchell and Brent Wilkes have been surprisingly untouched in these scandals. Wade had a contract with the WH. Now if he has this "service" going and he's reporting in to the WH, can blackmail be far behind? <no pun intended>

If this gets out, this will be the big dealbreaker with the rank-and-file. There goes the Syndicate. The Dobson base and the homophobes who vote Republican based on family values are history. All we are missing is an expose an abortion services for Republican interns.

[caligirl]

44. take a look at Foggo, Wilke freind Goss picked for #3 position.

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000494.php

[electropop]

43. You think this is payback to Goss?

Interesting...

I've been expecting some payback from CIA to the Criminal in Chief, and probably Goss too. This'll fill the bill.

[caligirl]

45. And Bush just ordered veteran CIA people not to critsize him,

Okay pissy pants, screw you< I can just hear them saying this as they out Goss and end his career.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. Were any of them Gannonized?

Or does George Bush ever lend out his personal White House concubines?

[caligirl]

38. New bumper sticker for sale::

AT LEAST CLINTON DIDN'T PAY FOR IT


Vote Clinton! Restore honor and dignity to the White House!


:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[caligirl]

42. Goss picks Foggo, A Wilke friend. Interesting connection.

"Actually, make that a double-yowzah: Remember that Goss is the one who plucked one of Wilkes' old San Diego friends, the unusual and colorful Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, out of CIA middle-management obscurity to be his #3 at the agency. At the time of Foggo's appointment, no one could figure out where he came from, or how Goss knew him.

But if Goss was at the "parties," I wonder, was Foggo there too? Did they see each other? Is this where Goss had an opportunity to gauge Foggo's abilities, and determine he was qualified for the CIA executive director post?" http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000494.php

[leveymg]

46. Or, maybe it was Dusty doing the observing of Porter's peculiar talents.

Hence, the rise from obscurity. Now, that wouldn't be an unprecedented basis for advancement and survival within an organization, would it? Blackmailing the boss - call it the American Beauty Gambit.

[caligirl]

53. Limo company got one of 20 small business achievement awards from HS

Borrower Makes Investment

Shirlington Limousine was a thriving small business at the Reagan Washington National Airport until the airport was closed following the September 11, 2001, terrorists attacks. Chris Baker, CEO, said that the business struggled to survive until in 2003 he learned about the September 11th Small Business Assistance Fund being managed by the WACIF. Under the program, WACIF provided grants and loans to businesses at the airport who suffered financial loss due to the closing of the airport. Shirlington Limousine received a combination of grants and loans, which has enabled the company to recover from its losses.. “WACIF’s assistance to Shirlington Limousine at a critical time has made it possible for my company to not only bounce back, but to grow,” stated Baker. Since receiving assistance from WACIF, Shirlington Limousine has received a federal contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

{In April of 2005, he was one of more than 20 small businesses that received the agency’s Small Business Achievement Award during the agency’s first small business awards ceremony.}

In appreciation for the assistance received from WACIF, Chris Baker and Lucretia Pearce (Shirlington chief operating officer) each invested $5,000. “We decided to make an investment in WACIF so that we can be partners with the organization in assisting other small businesses in the Washington metropolitan area,” stated Baker.http://www.swingforthegreen.com/


Reminds me of Tenet getting an award.



A brief mention of the contract:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:HD8aoKDFagIJ:www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/commission/secys/2003/secy2003-0053/2003-0053scy.pdf+Shirlington+Limousine&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=17&client=firefox-aFor:
The Commissioners
From:
William M. Dean, Assistant for Operations, Office of the EDO
Subject:
SECY-03-0053 WEEKLY INFORMATION REPORT - WEEK
ENDING APRIL 4, 2003

Contract Award
As a result of a competitive small business set-aside procurement, a fixed-price contract
No. NRC-10-03-140, was awarded to Shirlington Limousine and Transportation on March 24,
2003. The purpose of this contract is to provide on-call transportation services for NRC senior
staff. The period of performance is six months with one six-month and two one-year options. The
total estimated contract amount, including options, is $342,555

[KoKo]

56. Interesting........sheesh! $342,555. Contract?

You could almost say these folks needed a loan if the airport was closed and it was their main business...if you didn't realize they probably had alot of influence after reading your links.....

[caligirl]

57. They were fired from Howard University for a host of

allegations including bad service and dirty buses, as well as operating without a license and subcontracting service without the University being made aware.



Effective Aug. 1, 2002, Howard suspended Shirlington from operating any Howard University Bus Services (HUBS) and also revoked Shirlington's privilege to operate for other University venues on campus.

The four-page letter sent by the Office of Material Management Department said Shirlington was suspended for at least one year from conducting any services regarding, "all colleges and schools of the University, all administrative offices, Howard University Hospital, and all other entities that use the University funds for the acquisition of goods and services."

The suspension letter also stated the grounds for Shirlington suspension. The allegations included failure to provide copies of maintenance records, failure to provide evidence of workman's compensation insurance, cited on numerous occasions for poor bus cleanliness, poor implementation of two-way communication system, and subcontracted to Thomas Tours without written authorization from the University.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:Rn15mphxwYwJ:www.thehilltoponline.com/news/2002/09/10/Campus/Shirlington.Upset.By.Termination.Of.Shuttle.Contract-269604.shtml+shirlington+limousine+complaint&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox-a

[iconoclastNYC]

55. Blackmail potential is the best way to achieve loyalty in your subords

[DearAbby]

58. :::Shudder::: Republican Porn n/t

[caligirl]

59. Could Doolittle and Hunter be next as well? n/t

[Sugarcoated]

60. Dreier by any chance?

[wicket]

61. Oh my lord

:wow:

[Supersedeas]

62. can the value voters IGNORE this one too?

[happydreams]

63. Calling Ken Starr. Yooo Hoo

Nows your chance to vindicate yourself of partisanship in Monicagate affair. :sarcasm:

[Mr_Scarecrow]

64. file this one under

Cum Passion Ate Conservatism.

[Neil Lisst]

65. Dear Lord, please let this be true.

[file83]

66. You nailed it on the head:

"Is this where Goss had an opportunity to gauge Foggo's abilities, and determine he was qualified for the CIA executive director post?"

From what I have learned over the years reading books on intelligence and the "not so" secret world of initiation/filtering members, that is EXACTLY how these intelligence types get to positions of power. This latest article is just another case-in-point.

Not to mention, how do you think Jeff Gannon/James Guckert got to the position of White House press corps reporter?

When they prove that they are made of the same cloth by engaging in these types of illicit sexual behaviors (of any part of the spectrum). This proves loyalty to a twisted morality.

At the same time, the people that have power over them have video evidence (or photographic) of said person in such a compromising situation. This ensures continued loyalty, should ever develop a "conscience".

It's a double whammy - one to prove loyalty, the other to guarantee loyalty.