We’ve long been curious about the fate of Thomas Kontogiannis, an alleged co-conspirator in the Duke Cunningham case who has thus far avoided indictment. The North County Times (via War and Piece) delves further into Kontogiannis’ background and his long-rumored intelligence connections:
One source with knowledge of the case said long ago that Kontogiannis may never face prosecution. That source, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Kontogiannis would get a “pass” because of what he said were the man’s relationships with key officials in the upper echelons of the Greek and U.S. governments.
I’m not sure I buy that. What kind of spook connections does it take to earn a get-out-of-jail-free card for bribing a sitting congressman?
Update: My skepticism is with the source’s assessment, not with the North County Times piece, which carefully reports that the most likely reason for Kontogiannis’ not being indicted yet is that he is cooperating with the government in the investigation spun out from the Duke Cunningham case.
