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Arch-Cunningham-fraudster Brent Wilkes was tight with the #3 guy at the CIA, Executive Director Kyle “Dusty” Foggo.

Now the CIA Inspector General has opened an investigation into Foggo. Before DCI Porter Goss appointed Foggo #3 at the Agency, Foggo was a “a mid-level procurement supervisor.”

So, Foggo’s line of work was contracting, procurement, buying stuff for the Agency. Wilkes’ line of work was coming up with shoddy products and then corrupting members of Congress and procurement officials to buy his crap.

Hard to imagine why they might want to scrutinize his lifelong personal and professional ties to Brent Wilkes, right?

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