Federal agents raid home of CIA's former No. 3 boss

Federal agents raid home of CIA's former No. 3 boss

By Jerry Kammer and Marcus Stern
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE

9:06 a.m. May 12, 2006

VIENNA, Va.– Federal agents Friday morning raided the home of Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who stepped down this week from the No. 3 post at the CIA amid accusations of improper ties to a defense contractor named as a co-conspirator in the bribery case of former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.

One agent told reporters that Foggo was not at the modest home in a quiet suburban neighborhood near the CIA's Langley headquarters and had not been detained. The agents refused to answer other questions about the raid, including what agencies were involved.

A neighbor said the agents arrived about 8 a.m. ET. A white Chevrolet van was backed up to the carport of the split-level brick home and, at one point, a man wearing latex gloves emerged from the house and went around the back.

Foggo resigned his post at the CIA on Monday, after the FBI began investigating whether he improperly steered contracts to Brent Wilkes, a Poway defense contractor and longtime friend of Foggo's. The CIA's inspector general has been investigating Foggo for at least three months.

Wilkes, who has not been charged with a crime, has been identified as one of two defense contractors who plied Cunningham with at least $2.4 million in bribes in return for government contracts. The other contractor, Mitchell Wade, pled guilty to corruption charges in February.

Cunningham, a Republican from Rancho Santa Fe, is serving an eight-year prison term.

Foggo has worked at the CIA since 1982, with postings in Honduras, Austria and Germany. Throughout most of his career, he worked as a procurement officer, concentrating on technology purchases, associates have said.

Wilkes was eager to sell technology to the government and, according to papers filed in the Cunningham case, those sales were often at inflated prices.

Marty Fayer, who said he owns the house Foggo is renting, said Foggo is "very friendly and he has a lovely family."

"About all I know is that he pays his rent and he's a nice guy," Fayer said.