Disgraced Congressman ‘Wore a Wire’
Ex-GOP Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham went undercover to implicate others before copping a plea. | moreTime: | Washington’s power players have always bragged about being well-wired, but for disgraced former congressman Duke Cunningham, “wired” wasn’t just a figure of speech. In a week when legislators are focused on the question of who else might be brought down by ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s cooperation with prosecutors as he seeks lenient sentencing over his two federal guilty pleas this week, sources tell Time that ex-Rep. Cunningham wore a wire to help investigators gather evidence against others just before copping his own plea. | more
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Gen. Michael Hayden, whom Bush has tapped to lead the CIA, contracted the services of a company at the center of the Cunningham bribery scandal, reports TPM Muckraker.
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