At Least Six Congressmen 'at Watergate parties' - Harpers

Six congressmen 'at Watergate parties'
Harpers
The Loss of Goss
Why did the CIA’s chief resign so abruptly?
Posted on Monday, May 8, 2006. By Ken Silverstein.

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As UPI reporter Shaun Waterman has written, “There may be underlying reasons for Goss’s departure that are . . . prosaic—he was seen by some as lacking vision and criticized by others as a lousy manager—but the rumor–mill was stoked by the fact that his departure on Friday had the unconvincing choreography of the Andropov-era Soviet Union.” In fact, people I've talked to say that the resignation is not only the result of a feud with Negroponte but is also at least indirectly connected to potential fallout from the Duke Cunningham scandal.

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The names of two other people with ties to Goss have surfaced in connection with the Cunningham scandal. One of them is a man nicknamed “Nine Fingers,” whom Newsweek identified as Brant Bassett. “An eyewitness,” reads the article, “(who asked not to be identified commenting on sensitive matters) told Newsweek that in 1999, Foggo, Cunningham and Bassett attended an all-male Wilkes poker party at the Westin Grand Hotel in Washington.” I was also told by one well-connected former CIA officer that Bassett is one of the agency’s old Soviet hands who “always managed to get himself into trouble.”

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Meanwhile, I double-checked with my sources regarding who attended Wilkes’s parties, and all of them repeated what they had said before: over the years, at least six former and current members of Congress were said to have been at events sponsored by Wilkes, and their names have apparently been provided to investigators in the Cunningham case. Also, it wasn't only congressmen who were at the parties; intelligence officials, businessmen, and assorted hangers-on also attended. (As we previously noted, some of the attendees may have simply dropped by for a drink.)

I've been told by several sources that one of the people in attendance at the parties—not a current or former member of Congress—has a long international track record of Bill Clinton–style sexual indiscretions. A person with direct knowledge of the matter told me that this man—let me put this delicately—once, some years ago, while in Europe, kept company with an acquaintance whose work attire resembled Halle Berry’s in the film Catwoman. (Ma’am, if you are out there reading this, please contact ken@harpers.org immediately, as I have many questions. A translator will be provided if needed.)

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he or she might lose his or her whore status, otherwise.

like this. Reads like a dime-store detective novel.

I think by now we know that conservatives can. In any case, you're right.

Pretty soon Condi and Bolton will break into a song and dance!

Bob Livingston-style indiscretions. He made Clinton look like a boy scout.

Clinton bashing. Makes me wonder about him....:-(

It never stopped bush & Cheney!

inept people to run the country than George Bush and Dick Cheney. Their records speak for themselves.

There's only one...Monica. The rest were all fabrications from the radical right.

says shit like that.

Now, what Bill did was personal (at least I think was personal, between his family and himself). As long as none of the big mouthed bimbos he got tangled up with was a Chinese spy, then I don't think the details should have been front page, or even back page, news. But to deny the fact that they guy had a penchant for tacky women with BIG MOUTHS just makes us look bad.

worth it.

BTW, ever read Blinded by the Right?

... meaning that this mysterious person is at least equally as guilty of sexual indescretions as Bill Clinton was proven to be (a la Monica Lewinski and setting aside other unproven allegations). Therefore this person deserves to have the equal scrutiny of the Justice {sic} Dept. and the media arrayed against them.

In other words, if it was good enough for "lawmakers" and "the media" to go after Clinton, then they should go after this person with the same zeal. Not that they will.

Maybe there are interns, thongs, berets, blowjobs and cigars involved, which would make "Bill Clinton–style sexual indiscretions" an extremely accurate description. We just don't know yet and getting upset with this phrase seems either premature or naive. C'mon guys, Bill Clinton was not a virginal saint. I think we all know that his pen and was intimately familiar with one colour of the company ink.

Please. Bill Clinton had let an intern give him a bj'er and may have had some other moments of weakness in his marriage. That's not the same thing at all. How is some globetrotting man-whore who regularly partied with hookers dressed up like the Catwoman like Bill Clinton? It's amazing that they can just slip in little digs like that.

but I guess that's part of the Republican plan to privatize everything - need sex, hire a private contractor

Selective memories everywhere. Maybe Alzheimer's is contageous.



Youthfully indiscreet Republican Henry Hyde

do the math.

I don't know of someone in france in a catsuit or the person connected with her, as referred to in the link.
thanks.

that her "work attire resembled Halle Berry’s in the film Catwoman," implies that she dresses like a dominatrix for WORK... hence, a roundabout way of saying "prostitute?"

specific KNOWN public figure, instead of a profession.

Hmmm.

Don

...with coverage this will become the biggest political corruption scandal in U.S. history (or maybe second only to Abramoff after all the facts in that case come out--or maybe tied to Abramoff which would make it even bigger still). Now is the time to make your name. Do your job as Ken Silverstein is doing his. Crap, there may be a book and movie deal. Just kidding.

Seriously, this will make Watergate and Teapot Dome look like pranks if reporters do their jobs.

Let's hope they do. Kudos to Silverstein for doing his job.

I checked the original article to see if it was identical or if there was something else happening.

In the middle of paragraph 2 that you posted had the name Bassett missing after and...

Foggo, Cunningham and attended

should had read

Foggo, Cunningham and Bassett attended

but anything between brackets do not show up here

I hope I fixed it...

Please, please, please!

people too nervous about an affair with an intern to take her anywhere but just have some teenager style clandestine non-intercourse?

if bill clinton was some big gigilo what happened to his skills with monica? and remember this is the ONLY affair anyone KNOWS he ever had. the rest are just heresay.

I guess there are some powerful men who prefer paid sex over the regular kind. I guess it makes them feel even more powerful, the ultimate consumers, buying another person's body. I wonder if these prostitutes were females or males?

...they'll fuck anyone or anything (Neal Horsley, party of two?).

...it affects Democrats and Republicans equally.

If they're all Republicans, it's a "Congressional" scandal. And, um, affects Democrats and Republicans equally.

Fortunately, the voting public isn't quite as stupid as corporate media wants to think they are.

...how do you get invited to one of these parties...

Is it the usual suitcase full of cash and drugs.

Is it BYOG (Bring your own Gannon)

Man, those crazy Cons are just a bunch of love machines!

We will be hearing that George and Laura have a mutually agreed upon open marriage.

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has Ken Silverstein on now.

Olberman asks why the quick move? Ken says, "Not a planned move. . . . a senior aide went to Iraq just a few days ago but would not have gone if this were planned."