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BRENT WILKES News:
20080520
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 Kyle
Dustin "Dusty" Foggo - Brent
Wilkes - Randy
"Duke" Cunningham -  Money
-  Politics
-  Vacations
-  Intelligence
-  Federal
-  Va
-  Calif
- "Former
CIA official indicted anew in bribery case." ...
"A new indictment of a former top CIA [Central Intelligence Agency] official
alleges that he received bribes in the form of "sexual companionship" in
exchange for helping a friend get an edge in landing multimillion-dollar
contracts from the agency." ... "Federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va.
[Virginia], on Tuesday obtained a superseding indictment against Kyle "Dusty"
Foggo, who as executive director held the CIA's No. 3 rank before leaving
in 2006." ... "The indictment accuses Foggo of accepting tens of thousands
of dollars in meals, vacations and other perks in exchange for helping
friend Brent Wilkes obtain various contracts with the CIA." ... "Wilkes
has already pleaded guilty to paying bribes to then-[California Republican
Representative] Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif. [Republican-California],
some of which came in the form of prostitutes." -By
Matthew Barakat -AP
via -SFGate.com
20080219
-
Brent
Wilkes - Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
- Money
- Politics
-
 Military
- California
- "Wilkes
sentenced to 12 years in prison." ... "Brent Wilkes,
the Poway [California] defense contractor who federal prosecutors contend
was the mastermind behind the largest congressional bribery scheme in history,
was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday." ... "Wilkes, 53, who had
been free on bond, was convicted on Nov. 5 of conspiracy, bribery, fraud
and money laundering in connection with the bribery scheme that brought
down former [California Republican Representative] Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham,
once a highly respected war hero." ... "Cunningham pleaded guilty to conspiracy
and tax evasion. He was sentenced to eight years and four months in federal
prison in March 2006." ... "Prosecutors said Wilkes' decade-long bribery
of the former congressman netted him $46 million." ... "During Wilkes'
trial, prosecutors presented evidence that he showered Cunningham, a Republican
congressman from Rancho Santa Fe [California], with expensive meals, gifts,
fancy trips, cash bribes and prostitutes." ... "Prosecutors wanted to have
Wilkes sentenced to 25 years in prison and said that at a minimum, he should
be given 16 years and eight months in prison, twice the length of Cunningham's
sentence." ... "Probation officials had recommended a 60-year term for
Wilkes." -By Angelica Martinez
-SignOnSanDiego.com
20080110
-
John
Doolittle
-
 Jack
Abramoff
- Brent
Wilkes - Randy
Cunningham - Military
- Government
- Money
- Politics
-  San
Diego - California
- "Lawmaker
Tied to Abramoff to Retire." ... "[Republican] Representative
John Doolittle of California, once a rising star in the Republican Party
but more recently under investigation in a scandal involving the disgraced
lobbyist Jack Abramoff, announced his retirement from Congress on Thursday,
declaring that it was time for a new chapter in his life." ... "He stepped
down last April from the powerful Appropriations Committee after he was
linked to three inquiries involving accusations that panel members accepted
bribes or campaign contributions in exchange for earmarking federal money
to certain projects." ... "Mr. Doolittle has also been under scrutiny for
the role that Mrs. Doolittle has played as a fund-raiser for her husband.
Under the arrangement, the Doolittles kept some of the contributions given
to his campaign committees, blurring the distinction between personal and
campaign contributions." ... "Finally, Mr. Doolittle is under investigation
for his ties to Brent Wilkes, a San Diego [California] military contractor
who was convicted in November of 13 felonies related to the bribery of
former Representative Randy Cunningham, another California Republican."
-By David Stout -NYTimes
20071105
-
Brent
Wilkes - Money
- Politics
- "Wilkes
convicted of corruption." ... "A U.S. District Court
jury has convicted Brent Wilkes on all 13 counts in his corruption trial."
-SignOnSanDiego.com
20071018
-
Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
- Brent
Wilkes -
 Jerry
Lewis -  Duncan
Hunter
-  Tom
DeLay
-  Roy
Blunt
-  Dennis
Hastert - Money
- Politics
-  Lawmakers
- Travel
-  Flying
- Government
- Military
- Intelligence
- San
Diego - California
-  Texas
-  Missouri
-  Hawaii
-  Florida
-  Nevada
-  Idaho
-  Illinois
- "Witness:
Contractor Gave Lawmaker Perks." ... "[Former California
Republican Representative Randy "Duke"] Cunningham, a San Diego Republican
who held seats on the powerful House intelligence and defense appropriations
committees, was elected to eight terms before resigning in 2005. He pleaded
guilty that year to accepting $2.4 million in bribes from [Brent] Wilkes
and others and is serving an eight-year prison sentence." ... "[Wilkes
nephew and employee Joel] Combs testified Wednesday that his uncle communicated
with other prominent lawmakers, including California Republicans Jerry
Lewis and Duncan Hunter, former House Majority Leader [Republican] Tom
DeLay of Texas, Republican Whip [Missouri Representative] Roy Blunt, and
Sen. Daniel Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat." ... "But the relationship with
Cunningham was at the center of Wilkes' success in Washington, and Combs
said his uncle worked to keep the lawmaker happy - efforts that included
staking his nephew money to purposely lose in poker games with the lawmaker."
... "Combs recalled dinners at Washington's fancy Capital Grille restaurant,
shooting lessons, and trips to Florida, Las Vegas [Nevada] and Idaho provided
by Wilkes for the congressman from 1998 until 2002. During that period,
Cunningham made calls to Pentagon officials on Wilkes' behalf and helped
secure about $90 million in federal contracts for Wilkes' company." ...
"The perks included a $20,000 stay in a private villa at a resort in Hawaii,
where Wilkes, Combs and the congressman went diving - an expedition captured
in an underwater video that was played for jurors. Combs said he also hired
women from an escort service for his uncle and the congressman." ... "Wilkes
also paid to fly Cunningham and former House Speaker [Illinois Republican
Representative] Dennis Hastert from a golf outing in Palm Springs [California]
to San Diego [California] for a reception and then back to Washington on
private jets, Combs testified." -By Allison Hoffman
-AP via -Guardian.co.uk
20071017
-
Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
- Brent
Wilkes - Money
- Politics
- Government
- Military
- Ca.
- Hawaii
- "Prostitutes
testify in Ca. bribery trial." ... "A prostitute
whom prosecutors say a defense contractor provided to former Rep. [California
Republican Representative] Randy "Duke" Cunningham testified Wednesday
that the congressman fed her grapes as she sat naked in a hot tub before
they headed to a bedroom at a Hawaiian resort." ... "The woman spoke at
the trial of Brent Wilkes, who is accused bribing Cunningham with $700,000
in cash and perks in exchange for help securing about $90 million in government
contracts. Wilkes has denied the charges." ... "Donna Rosetta said she
was chauffeured to a private villa at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel in
Kamelua, Hawaii, in August 2003 by an escort service she worked for. Cunningham
and Wilkes invited her and a second woman to undress and slide into a hot
tub before Cunningham invited her upstairs, Rosetta said." ... ""They were
smoking cigars and talking about some meeting they had earlier," Rosetta
said." ... "She and Cunningham went to a bedroom, and he tipped her $50
to $80, she said." ... "The other woman, Tammy McFadden, testified that
Wilkes and Cunningham appeared to be arguing about who would go upstairs
with which woman." ... ""The one I ended up with was the one who was running
the show," said McFadden, referring to Wilkes. She described Cunningham
as "the boisterous one" and said he was overbearing." -By
Allison Hoffman -AP
via -NewsObserver.com
20070716
-
Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
- Kyle
Dustin "Dusty" Foggo -
 Porter
J Goss -  Mitchell
Wade - Brent
Wilkes - Lawmakers
- Government
- Intelligence
- Money
- Politicians
- San
Diego - California
- Fla
- "Cunningham
report portrays entangled panel: The still-unreleased
findings say intelligence committee aides were used by the California congressman,
now in prison for bribery." ... "An internal investigation that the House
Intelligence Committee has refused to make public portrays the panel as
embarrassingly entangled in the [California Republican Representative]
Randy "Duke" Cunningham bribery scandal." ... "The document describes breakdowns
in leadership and controls that it says allowed Cunningham — the former
congressman (R-Rancho Santa Fe) who began an eight-year prison term last
year for taking bribes and evading taxes — to use his House position to
steer millions of dollars to corrupt contractors." ... "The report provides
the most detailed account to date of how former CIA Executive Director
Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo, whose indictment on charges of defrauding the
government was recently expanded, allegedly used committee connections
to advance his career at the agency." ... "For all its finger-pointing
at staffers, the document fails to address whether other committee members
were aware of Cunningham's abuses or were culpable. For instance, the report
avoids any scrutiny of former [Florida Republican Representative] Rep.
Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.), who was chairman of the panel when Cunningham's
most egregious abuses occurred." ... "The report's principal author said
in an interview that the terms under which he was hired to conduct the
investigation prevented him from examining lawmakers' roles." ... "The
document says that Cunningham began pressing to fund special projects from
the moment he joined the House Intelligence Committee in 2001, and that
his demands intensified." ... "One project, a Pentagon counterintelligence
program known as Project Fortress, was being handled by contractor Mitchell
Wade, who has since pleaded guilty to paying bribes to Cunningham." ...
"The report suggests that Cunningham began working more closely with Wade,
leading to a rift with Brent Wilkes, another contractor accused of bribing
the congressman." ... "An indictment filed May 10 in U.S. District Court
in San Diego accuses Foggo of accepting lavish meals and vacation trips
while using his position at the CIA to try to steer more than $100 million
in agency funds to [contractor Brent] Wilkes." (1, 2,
3,
4)
-By Greg Miller -LAtimes
20070418
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 US
-  Korea
-
John Doolittle
-  Brent
Wilkes
- Abramoff
-  Buckham
- DeLay
- Politician
- Lawmaker
- Government
- Military
- Money
- Sports
- Virginia
- Calif
- Texas
- "FBI
searches Republican lawmaker’s home." ... "The FBI
searched the Virginia home of [California Republican Representative] Rep.
John Doolittle (R-Calif.) last Friday in its investigation into ties between
the congressman and his wife, Julie, and disgraced former lobbyist Jack
Abramoff, according to law enforcement and other Congressional and K Street
sources." ... "Doolittle used Abramoff’s luxury sports box for a fundraiser
without initially reporting it to the Federal Election Commission." ...
"Doolittle also has been under fire for paying his wife’s company, Sierra
Dominion Financial Solutions, a 15 percent commission on all contributions
that the company raised for Doolittle’s campaign committee and leadership
PAC. Her only other clients were Abramoff’s former firm, Greenberg Traurig;
Abramoff’s former restaurant Signatures; and the Korea-U.S. Exchange Council,
which Ed Buckham, a former chief of staff to ex-Majority Leader [Texas
Republican Representative] Tom DeLay (R-Texas), created." ... "Doolittle
also received contributions from indicted defense contractor Brent Wilkes
and his associates, and investigators are probing whether those contributions
are linked to any official action Doolittle took to help Wilkes’ company
obtain millions of dollars in government earmarks." -By
Mike Soraghan and Susan Crabtree -http://TheHill.com
20060512
-
Kyle
"Dusty" Foggo
- Randy
"Duke" Cunningham
- Brent
Wilkes - Intelligence
- Law
- Money
- Politics
- San
Diego - California
- Virginia
- "FBI
searches home of ex-CIA official: The FBI searched
the home and office of former CIA Executive Director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo
on Friday, the CIA said." ... "Foggo, who was the spy agency's third-ranking
official, is part of a broad law enforcement investigation into allegations
of corruption, according to officials familiar with the probe." ... "The
Associated Press reported that Foggo has been under investigation by the
FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Defense Criminal Investigative Service,
the CIA's inspector general and the U.S. attorney's office in San Diego,
California, according to FBI spokeswoman April Langwell in San Diego. Langwell
told the AP that officials -- under a sealed warrant -- searched Foggo's
Virginia home and his office at the CIA's Langley, Virginia, campus." ...
"Foggo, who resigned this week from his job overseeing day-to-day CIA operations,
is under investigation over his ties to a defense contractor linked to
the bribery case against former [California Republican Representative]
U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-California." ... "The investigations
stem from Foggo's relationship with defense contractor Brent Wilkes." ...
"After reports surfaced last week alleging Wilkes provided Cunningham with
limousines and prostitutes at two Washington hotels, Foggo said he had
attended poker parties thrown by Wilkes there." -Contributed
to by Kevin Bohn and John Roberts -CNN
-
Intelligence
- Porter
Goss - Randy
Cunningham
- California
- Military
- Business
- Politics
- Law
- "Law
Enforcement Searches Exiting CIA Deputy's Home."
... "CIA and FBI officers today searched the home and former office of
the recently retired third-ranking official at the CIA, who is under investigation
for his ties to a defense contractor linked to the bribery scandal that
has landed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-San Diego [California])
in jail." ... "Kyle "Dusty" Foggo resigned as CIA executive director Monday.
He had been a top aide to CIA Director Porter J. Goss, who was forced to
resign the previous Friday." ... "A CIA spokeswoman said Foggo's legal
troubles had "absolutely nothing" to do with Goss' decision to resign."
... "They have been investigating whether Foggo played an improper role
in the awarding of defense contracts to Brent Wilkes, a personal friend
and San Diego businessman who has been implicated in the bribery scandal
involving Cunningham." -By Richard Schmitt
-LAtimes
20051128
-
California
- Military
- Business
- Politics
- "Bribed
congressman resigns, pleads guilty to charges." ...
"The co-conspirators are not named in the charging documents. Public records
show relationships between [California Republican Randy "Duke"] Cunningham
and two contractors whom he helped get Pentagon work: MZM and ADCS. MZM's
former president, Mitchell Wade, bought Cunningham's former house, allowing
him to buy a more expensive house in Rancho Santa Fe. Brent Wilkes, founder
of ADCS, raised $105,250 in personal, company and employee campaign contributions
for Cunningham during the past decade. Neither Wade nor Wilkes has been
charged with a crime. Their lawyers declined to comment." ... "ADCS landed
more than $90 million in government contracts since 1997, when Cunningham
helped the company get one of its first Pentagon contracts. Wilkes also
provided a corporate jet for Cunningham to use on fundraising trips, campaign-finance
records show." -By Jim Drinkard and Matt Kelley
-USATODAY
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