FBI searches home of CIA director

LAW enforcement officials with warrants yesterday searched the house and office of the CIA’s outgoing executive director, the FBI said.

The agency’s third-ranking official, Kyle Dusty Foggo, has been under investigation by the FBI, IRS, Defence Criminal Investigative Service and the CIA’s inspector general, said FBI spokeswoman April Langwell.

Under a sealed warrant, officials searched Foggo’s Virginia home and his office at the CIA’s suburban headquarters, Ms Langwell said.

The FBI and other agencies have been investigating whether Foggo improperly intervened in the award of contracts to a San Diego businessman and personal friend, Brent Wilkes, who has been implicated in a congressional bribery scandal.

CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise Dyck also confirmed the searches of his home and office this morning.

“The agency is co-operating fully with the Department of Justice and the FBI,” she said.

“Agency leaders outside of the (inspector general’s office) were informed just prior to the execution of the search warrants, in keeping with standard law enforcement procedures.”

This week, Foggo announced his retirement from the agency after more than 25 years serving around the world.

In a statement on Foggo’s behalf, the CIA said he denied any improprieties.

“Mr Foggo maintains that government contracts for which he was responsible were properly awarded and administered,” the agency said last week.