Justin Rood at TPM Muckraker has just posted a flat denial by a CIA spokesperson that Porter Goss attended any of Wilkes' sex parties.
Goss: Claims I Partied With Wilkes Are "Flatly Untrue," "Horribly Irresponsible". Interestingly, the CIA is less forthcoming on #3 man Foggo's attendance.
After a long series of off-the-record phone calls with CIA spokespeople, I was finally given an on-the-record comment -- about Goss. Speaking on behalf of the director, CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise Dyck said, "This is horribly irresponsible. He hasn't even been to the Watergate in decades."
When I asked if Goss had attended Wilkes' parties at the Westin or other locations, Millerwise Dyck repeated the denial. "It's horribly irresponsible. Flatly untrue."
She declined to answer questions about Foggo, but promised another spokesperson would call me and take my questions.
So there you have it. A flat denial by the DCI.
So, Goss denies partying with Wilkes at the Watergate, and seems to also deny partying with Wilkes at other locations. In any case, there are lots of questions about the relationship between Goss and Foggo. In particular, why was Foggo elevated by Goss from a middle management position in contracting to the #3 at the CIA?
The Left Coaster: Does The Cunningham Bribery Case Reach Into The CIA And Porter Goss?
Plainly put, why did Goss reach down so far into the Agency to elevate a nobody like Foggo to a senior position over so many other people, given that Foggo and Wilkes are linked, and that Foggo is perhaps linked also to Cunningham and Mitchell Wade?
...and...
A New Case of CIA Waterboarding? Larry Johnson has been all over the strange elevation of Foggo to the CIA's #3 job and his role in a suspicious contract to supply water in Iraq...
Specifically, Dusty [Foggo] is alleged to have played a role in helping Brent Wilkes, a co-conspirator with Duke Cunningham, get the contract to supply bottled water to the CIA in Iraq. A buddy of mine who was on the ground in Iraq back in 2003 says that rumors were swirling then that Dusty was a player in the water deal. Dusty, who reportedly got the job as Executive Director thanks to "helpful" suggestions from Duke Cunningham to his congressional buddy,CIA Director Porter Goss, is now under the microscope.
....hmmm....Cunningham's congressional buddy Porter Goss...anyone heard that one before?
[For more background check out this morning's TPM Muckraker story: Contractors' Hooker Ring Lasted 15 Years]