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...festivities were delayed for the Oval Office announcement of the resignation of CIA Director Porter Goss. That gave McClellan one last bombshell. Seven minutes into the briefing, he had suddenly mentioned that the President would have "a pool coverage announcement" on "a personnel-related matter" 50 minutes hence...
...Central Intelligence Agency hand who was close to outgoing Director Porter Goss was previously a paid consultant to one of the defense contractors who allegedly bribed ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, according to government documents and a person familiar with the matter. The financial link between Brant Bassett - who served two stints at the CIA and recommended the controversial Kyle "Dusty" Foggo for a top agency post - and defense contractor Brent Wilkes could prove a further embarrassment to Goss in the wake of what sources in and out of government say are investigations by the CIA inspector general...
...Bassett was paid $5,000 in May 2000 as a consultant to ADCS Corp., a company headed by Wilkes, Foggo's friend since childhood, according to disclosure forms Bassett filed when he was a House intelligence committee aide to Goss while the former Congressman was the panel's Republican chairman. Bassett was not working for the CIA at the time of the payment. Still, it may not look good for yet another of Goss's right-hand men to be associated with Wilkes - whom prosecutors allege, in Cunningham's guilty plea, provided more than $600,000 of the $2.4 million...
...When Goss became CIA director in late 2004, he brought Bassett back for a second stint at the agency as a consultant in the directorate of operations, according to a person who spoke on behalf of Bassett. Bassett knew Foggo from the days when both served in the CIA's directorate of operations, according to one official...
...Also stepping down will be the CIA's executive director, Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, who was already on the way out even before Goss' departure was announced, one U.S. official said this afternoon. As part of an ongoing probe of defense contractors that has already sent ex-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison, the Justice Department is looking into whether one of Cunningham's alleged benefactors gave Foggo improper gifts such as lavish travel, a knowledgeable source says. A CIA spokesman says Foggo denies any wrongdoing...