Agents comb home of former CIA official

WASHINGTON – Federal agents searched the home and office of the CIA’s departing No. 3 official on Friday as part of a corruption investigation that has sent a former congressman to prison and now involves CIA contracts.

Investigators from five federal agencies acted under search warrants at the home of Kyle “Dusty” Foggo in Vienna, Va., and his office at the CIA’s Langley, Va., campus, FBI spokeswoman Debra Weierman said.

The warrants themselves were sealed and officials would not discuss what agents were seeking.

Foggo agreed to step down as the CIA’s executive officer under pressure because federal authorities are investigating whether he improperly awarded contracts to San Diego businessman and friend Brent Wilkes, according to federal law enforcement and intelligence officials.

Prosecutors have implicated Wilkes in a scheme to bribe former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, R-Calif., but he has not been charged and his lawyer has said Wilkes did nothing wrong.

Among the contracts under scrutiny is one that dates from Foggo’s previous job of running the logistics at a secret facility in Europe that supplies CIA personnel in war zones, the law enforcement official said. Foggo gave the multimillion-dollar contract to supply bottled water to a Wilkes-related company, the official said.

Foggo has denied any wrongdoing.

The CIA’s inspector general has been investigating Foggo’s relationship with Wilkes for more than two months.

The investigation includes allegations that Wilkes provided Cunningham with prostitutes, limousines and hotel suites. Foggo has acknowledged participating in poker games organized by Wilkes at the hotel rooms, but he has said nothing untoward went on while he was there.