Prosecutors urge release of testimony in CIA case

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Source: TPM Muckraker (AP)

Prosecutors ask judge to reveal secret grand jury testimony in bribery case of ex-CIA official

MATTHEW BARAKAT
AP News

Jan 09, 2009 15:13 EST

Kyle "Dusty" Foggo is the highest ranking officer in the history of the CIA to be convicted of a federal crime, admitting he abused his influence to steer contracts toward an old friend who showered him with vacations, gourmet dinners and other gifts.

But if the public knew the full extent of his misconduct, they would be outraged, prosecutors said Friday as they urged a judge to make public secret grand jury testimony in the case against Foggo.

Foggo was appointed in 2004 to be the agency's executive director and third-ranking officer under then-director Porter Goss. Foggo resigned in 2006 as he came under investigation.

Prosecutor Jason Forge told U.S. District Judge James Cacheris that the public has a right to know the depth of Foggo's misconduct and they want the judge to consider the transcripts during sentencing.

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Read more: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/01/prosecutors_urge_release_of_testimony_in_cia_case.php

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Hmm... Interesting the timing of this request is coming roughly at the same time that Brent Wilkes made bail earlier this week...

I still think there's something big and evil lurking in this case that people on both sides of the fence in Washington are afraid to get out to the public, but some more courageous folk still see the necessity of it coming out.

Are these prosecutors working under direction now of Obama or Bush with these requests I wonder? Or I wonder if they realize that they are relatively safe from punitive action this close to Obama taking over.

Here's a later article that TPM staff themselves put out today too on this...



http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/foggo_prosecutors_want_secret_testimony_revealed.php

[drm604]

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This may turn out to be very big. We may be talking about the funneling of tax dollars through fake defense contractors to the Republican party.