May 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. agents searched the Virginia home and office of former CIA Executive Director Kyle ``Dusty'' Foggo today, the CIA said.
Foggo, who left his job this week as the No. 3 official at the Central Intelligence Agency, is under investigation by law- enforcement agencies, the CIA said in a statement. Foggo's home near Washington and his office at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, were searched this morning.
The CIA said in March it was looking into Foggo's relationship with defense contractors linked to the bribery case against former Representative Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham of California. Cunningham, a Republican, admitted he took $2.4 million in bribes and was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
``The FBI and the CIA's office of inspector general executed search warrants this morning for his agency workplace and residence,'' the CIA statement said. ``The agency is cooperating fully with the Department of Justice.''
April Langwell, an FBI spokeswoman in San Diego, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego and the CIA were involved in today's search.
Langwell declined to say what had been seized. The search warrant was sealed, she said. The U.S. criminal case against Cunningham was brought in federal court in San Diego.
Bill Hundley, an attorney for Foggo, didn't return a message left on voicemail.
Contractor Ties
Foggo is friends with San Diego defense consultant Brent Wilkes, who is one of the four unindicted co-conspirators in Cunningham's bribery case, Newsweek has reported. Foggo has overseen many defense contracts and ``reaffirms that they were properly awarded and administered,'' CIA spokesman Paul Gimgliano said March 3.
The CIA said in a statement last week that Foggo ``insists'' that any ``occasional card games with friends'' he attended at hotel rooms with Wilkes and Cunningham ``were that and nothing more.''
Cunningham pleaded guilty Nov. 28 to conspiracy and tax evasion. He admitted taking millions of dollars in bribes -- including the use of a Rolls Royce and a yacht as well as payments for a graduation party for his daughter -- in return for steering government money to two co-conspirators who owned defense contracting companies.
MZM Inc., a Washington-based company, was the prime beneficiary of Cunningham's earmarks, prosecutors said. Mitchell Wade, MZM's former owner, admitted giving Cunningham gifts valued at over $1 million. He pleaded guilty to four counts on Feb. 24 in federal court in Washington and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
