The San Diego ABC affiliate has an interesting piece on defense contractor Brent Willkes and his high school football teammate, Dusty Foggo, recently resigned from the CIA. And don't miss this:

Kyle "Dusty" Foggo, a security guard at Sears in Chula Vista, became third in command at the CIA.

Brent Wilkes lived a millionaire's dream in Poway and ran a booming defense company.

"They're doing the same thing they did in high school. They're just 30 years older," added Jimmy.

Jimmy said Wilkes and Foggo always had wild parties, women, and fast cars.

The FBI is now investigating whether the two Hilltop High grads used poker parties and prostitutes at the Watergate Hotel to get votes in Congress. [...]

"I knew Brent a lot better than Dusty," said Wally Hartin.

Hartin remembers when CIA agent Dusty Foggo visited Wilkes and recalls their conversations. [...]

Hartin said the two talked about partying together in Central America where Foggo was a CIA agent during the Iran-Contra Scandal.

Hartin added, "He told everybody about his deals in El Salvador. You'd walk into Mulvaney's here on Broadway in Chula Vista and that's what everyone was talking about, Dusty's secret missions."

In 1991, Wilkes brought Iran-Contra front man Oliver North to San Diego for a book signing.

Now, the FBI is looking specifically at how Wilkes received a CIA contract worth $2.4 million.

Did Foggo help his high school pal land the no-bid contract

Ollie North? Yowza.

And don't forget this little tidbit. Guess who else is apparently from San Diego? Another Iran Contra alum who's found a measure of career advancement in the Bush administration: John Negroponte.

In all honesty, I've tracked down or been contacted by a half dozen of Dusty and Wilkes' high school football teammates, girlfriends, friends, and truly, some of their parents, in and around San Diego a few months ago, and gotten a lot of stories -- mostly about how they behaved in high school. But if anyone has any interesting stories, I'd be interested to hear from you.

Posted by Laura at May 10, 2006 07:34 PM