Indicted CIA official was in charge of ethics.
By on Feb 20th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Indicted CIA official was in charge of ethics.
Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, the former high-ranking CIA official who was indicted in an offshoot of the case of Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, once oversaw ethics at the CIA. He “served two years as a ‘deputy ethics official’ and sat through ethics training eight times,” but at times suggested that ethics reporting requirements were burdensome.
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Ethics. Schmethics.
Bring in the whores!!
February 20th, 2007 at 9:59 amFoggo!
February 20th, 2007 at 10:02 amhttp://www.eff.org/
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February 20th, 2007 at 10:07 amrachel, posting this on every thread is what pisses people off. It’s very appropriate on the ThinkFast, and lots of people will see it there. :)
February 20th, 2007 at 10:09 amFoggo should have considered the squeaky-clean White House approach to ethics and avoided the dreaded “Potomac Fever” :
(from Results.gov — the White House’s website for political appointees):
http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/leadership/potomacfever.html
February 20th, 2007 at 10:12 amIn the Republican Party, it is do as I say, not as I do.
February 20th, 2007 at 10:13 amIndicted CIA official was in charge of ethics.
Makes perfect sense to me. This is still the Bizarro World, isn’t it?
February 20th, 2007 at 10:41 amI don’t know, this is too bizarre. Next you’ll be telling me that they put a horse pooper-scooper in charge of, say, FEMA.
In all seriousness, until there is a wall raised between government and business (especially the MIC), this sort of corruption will remain rampant.
February 20th, 2007 at 10:49 amRepublican Mantra:
It is only “illegal” if you get caught.
Sub-mantra: If you do get caught and cannot figure out a way to blame it on someone else (preferably the target Dem du jour), then we (republicans) don’t want you anyway.
February 20th, 2007 at 10:54 amhavent yall figured it out by now only the dems can be called cowards and coruppted and traitors and liers but for the rethugs its just all in a days work and like the preznit they all sleep very well
February 20th, 2007 at 11:02 amI see a medal of freedom in Foggo’s future!
February 20th, 2007 at 12:06 pmI suppose ethics were too much for Mr. Foggo.
February 20th, 2007 at 12:13 pm# 4. That’s why it’s called a “piss soaked troll”.
February 20th, 2007 at 12:35 pmWhat a burden ethics are. Isn’t life a bitch? Bring on the karma.
February 20th, 2007 at 2:20 pmThis could be good – think of how many Dusty could implicate when he turns squealer ????(and, oh, yes, he’s WAY going to turn)
One step closer to a RICO indictment of the RNC, which might be enough to save our Democracy.
February 20th, 2007 at 4:16 pm