Names? 6 current/former congressmen in Hookergate scandal?

[Blackhatjack]

Raw Story is reporting that Vanity Fair has identified six(6) former and current congressmen who attended the Brent Wilkes' poker and prostitutes parties at the Watergate Hotel.

Anyone have names to attach to this report?

We ought to be able to spot them if currently still in Congress since they ought to be sweating bullets now as the guilty pleas pile up and the investigation closes in on them.

[MADem]

1. Their cite is Harpers

The money quote from the original source:

That scandal continues to unfold. Dusty Foggo, Goss's once-surprise pick for the CIA's number-three post (who reportedly quit today), has acknowledged attending parties thrown by Brent Wilkes, the defense contractor who allegedly bribed Cunningham, at the Watergate Hotel. Foggo is now under investigation, and his ties to Wilkes are being scrutinized by Cunningham-case investigators and internally at the CIA.....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 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.”

“This,” said the former CIA officer of Goss's resignation, “was not expected. No one, including Goss, knew it was coming.”

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 [e-mail] immediately, as I have many questions. A translator will be provided if needed.)... http://harpers.org/sb-loss-of-goss-3025720.html

Poker and hookers and limos, OH MY!