Feds to grill CIA felon (cia Dusty Foggo) over interrogation tapes

[XXXMADAM]

Source: The Associated Press

Feds to grill CIA felon over interrogation tapes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors investigating the destruction of videotapes showing suspected terrorists under interrogation plan to question a former CIA officer next week before he heads to prison.

Dusty Foggo is the highest-ranking CIA officer ever convicted of a federal felony. He was to begin serving a three-year prison stretch next week.

In court papers filed Wednesday, Foggo's lawyers are seeking a week's delay so he can be interviewed in Washington by prosecutor John Durham. Prosecutors do not object to the delay, according to the court papers.

Durham, a senior career prosecutor in Connecticut, has been investigating who ordered the destruction of the CIA videotapes and whether it was illegal.

In separate court filings, the government recently acknowledged that 12 of the destroyed tapes showed what the Bush administration called "enhanced interrogation techniques" that have been branded torture by critics of Bush's policies.

In addition to the 12 tapes, an additional 80 tapes also were destroyed; most showed treatment of a single detainee.

The American Civil Liberties Union has sued to get any remaining descriptions of what the tapes showed. The government has resisted turning over that information, saying it is classified.

Foggo, once the No. 3 official at the CIA, pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud as part of a plea bargain in which prosecutors dropped 27 other counts.

Prosecutors say the fraud encompassed a long scheme in which a contractor friend showered Foggo with tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts and luxury vacations in exchange for steering multimillion-dollar contracts to the contractor.

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CIA Dusty Foggo is DC madam Deborah Palfrey's co-CON-spirator, a CIA escort service. War profiteers, Sextortionists of U.S. Armed Service committeeman Duke Cunningham, now imprisoned.
U.S. D.A. Carol Lam, San Diego, was fired when prosecuting this case, the files breached and the case was then moved to (near Langely) Virginia courts. Nancy Pelosi had many of the charges against Foggo dropped. No such favortism for Palfrey, now dead by hanging.
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[XXXMADAM]

1. Rise of a Rogue at the CIA

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Kyle "Dusty" Foggo's success in advancing his CIA career despite numerous acts of misconduct, moral lapses and repeated flouting of regulations is an indictment of agency leadership <"Former Top CIA Official Sentenced to 37 Months," news story, Feb. 27>.

This affair demonstrates what officers in the closed society of the CIA have known for years: that senior management uses a double standard that allows members of the agency's "good ol' boy" network to do whatever they wish.

Mr. Foggo's offenses included breaches of agency regulations that, for others, have raised questions of loyalty and sometimes resulted in dismissal. Yet, Mr. Foggo simply got a wink and a nod from superiors who continued to protect him. This sort of cronyism continues to harm agency morale.

As Mr. Foggo's defenders have done, these senior officials also would undoubtedly like to portray themselves as great "patriots." But Samuel Johnson said it best when he noted that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

RICHARD K. PYLE SR.
Rockville

The writer served as an intelligence officer in the CIA from 1977 to 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902479.html?nav=hcmodule

[EFerrari]

8. It's possible that only a portion of US citizens can think of CIA

as "great patriots" because most of the world knows very well what they are.

[williesgirl]

2. k&r

[L. Coyote]

3. AP anonymous reporter writes: "branded torture by critics of Bush's policies"

Yeah right, "branded torture by critics of Bush's policies" sounds like a Bush writer!

I think torture is still a war crime, a legal definition and NOT a critic "brand" about policy.

[Winterblues]

10. Torture has a statute of limitations of seven years I believe.

If no "War" has officially been declared I doubt anyone could be convicted of "war crimes". March of this year was the seven year anniversary of the infamous "torture memos" written by Yoo and the other guy I can't remember his name at the moment. They are past the statute of limitations so will never be prosecuted by an American court.

[OnyxCollie]

11. Jay Bybee?

[OnyxCollie]

12. Steven Bradbury?

[OnyxCollie]

4. Drag in the co-chairman of the Congressional Ethics Board,

Porter Goss, and grill his ass, too.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/goss-among-former-members-appointed-to-ethics-office-2008-07-24.html

[TacticalPeek]

5. Hmmm.

This is 5 days old according to the linked article, and not LBN.

[Liberty Belle]

6. XXXMadam.....please read

contact me privately--I'm a journalist in SD -- I've heard similar details but couldn't confirm...please share your story!

[XXXMADAM]

9. contact info

I'm unable to contact you via this site. My e-mail addy is [e-mail]

[EFerrari]

7. Thanks, Nancy!