Investigation at the C.I.A. Looks for Favors Among Friends (Foggo/Wilkes/ Wenzel/Cunningham) [View All]

[Robbien]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 — At a ceremony at C.I.A. headquarters four years ago, a logistical specialist named Kyle Dustin Foggo was awarded an intelligence medal. It was the agency’s way of saying thanks for running the airlifts that sustained the C.I.A.’s efforts in Afghanistan, including shipments of armored cars along with saddles and oats for horseback-riding covert operators in remote regions of the country.

Among the well-wishers at the event in 2002 were Mr. Foggo’s childhood friend, Brent R. Wilkes, a military contractor, and Representative Randy Cunningham, a Republican from Mr. Wilkes’s hometown, San Diego.

That day might have been a high-water mark for all three. Mr. Cunningham, whose nickname is Duke, is in prison after pleading guilty to accepting bribes from contractors. Mr. Wilkes, described in court papers as one of the contractors, is under investigation, and Mr. Foggo, who later became a top Central Intelligence Agency official, is under scrutiny for possible irregularities in awarding agency logistics deals to both Mr. Wilkes and another businessman, according to a recent Congressional report.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/washington/05foggo.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin