Former NSA Chief's Aide Under Investigation

[struggle4progress]

By Justin Rood - September 17, 2006, 1:25 PM

The second-in-command to an admitted briber of Duke Cunningham is facing a federal inquiry for possibly improper campaign contributions, according to a new report.

Retired three-star general James King, top deputy to Duke briber Mitchell Wade, is being investigated by the Federal Election Commission for $12,000 in what appear to be "straw" campaign donations to congressional campaigns, U.S. News and World Report says.

The potentially illegal contributions -- all made to lawmakers representing districts of strategic importance to King's company -- were first reported by TPMmuckraker.

King is now chief of Athena Innovative Solutions, renamed from MZM Inc. when Wade pleaded guilty and sold the company. For a time, King worked as a top aide to Michael V. Hayden, then chief of the National Security Agency, on contract from MZM. Hayden is now director of the CIA ...

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/001543.php

Couldn't find the USN&WR link

[cosmicdot]

1. perhaps it's this USN&WR article

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060917/25mzm.htm

TPM says it's a lengthy ariticle, and this one is.

On page 7 of this linked article, toward the end of the next to last paragraph:

"Given the concerns I had personally, it's hard to believe he didn't have similar misgivings about what Mitch was doing." According to knowledgeable sources, the Federal Election Commission is investigating a number of MZM-related campaign contributions, including $12,000 that King and his wife made to Representative Goode.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060917/25mzm_7.htm