ken silverstein reviews seth hettena's new book

i find this stuff fascinating. the spies and the sex and the shite that goes on in the power struggles of the good old white boy network (not just of this country mind you but of most countries). the societies and cultures of the world powers (power being the operative word) are so effed up. why do we feel the need to conquer? feel the need to impose our will upon others? i just don't get it (i DO get trying to stop horrors and murders and genocide. things of that nature of course.)

Sex and the C.I.A.

I recently received an advance copy of Seth Hettena's Feasting on the Spoils: The Life and Times of Randy “Duke” Cunningham, History's Most Corrupt Congressman, which will be published this July and which I highly recommend. In addition to being a terrific piece of political reporting, the book is filled with juicy details concerning the seamier side of the Cunningham affair, otherwise known as “Hookergate.”
I was particularly interested in stories Hettena unearthed about Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, whom former CIA director Porter Goss had named as executive director, the agency's number-three official. Foggo resigned last year not long after FBI agents raided his home and office. The Feds suspected that Foggo, who was later indicted, had funneled CIA contracts to his long-time friend Brent Wilkes, the defense contractor who is accused of bribing Cunningham with money and prostitutes.................