Dusty Foggo resigns from CIA

Amid assurances from the White House that all of this has nothing to do with the Wilkes-Cunningham-Shirlington-etc. scandal with its tens of millions in misapprporiated defense contracts and bribes, Dusty Foggo is reportedly stepping down from his post as the number three guy at the CIA. He was promoted by Porter Goss. Goss, of course, resigned on Friday.

Maybe they're just cracking down on CIA officials whose names sound like comic book heavies.

The upheaval at the CIA is unlikely to end anytime soon. Earlier today, the agency circulated an internal announcement that agency’s third ranking official, Kyle (Dusty) Foggo, has decided to step aside. News of Foggo’s departure inevitably will be overshadowed by the Hayden nomination, but its effects will continue to resonate within the agency. As NEWSWEEK first reported, the CIA’s inspector general has been investigating whether Foggo helped steer agency contracts to companies run by Brent Wilkes, a defense contractor who was identified as an unindicted co-conspirator when former San Diego congressman and ex-Navy air ace Randy (Duke) Cunninghampleaded guilty in a Congressional bribery scandal. The CIA has acknowledged that its internal watchdog is investigating whether Foggo helped steer any contracts to Wilkes, an old friend. The inspector general was looking into at least one specific contract, worth between $2 million and $3 million, which a CIA base in Germany granted to a company run by a relative of Wilkes. At the time the contract was issued, Foggo headed the CIA base’s logistics office, though he did not sign the contract.