Ex-C.I.A. official admits corruption

Kyle D. Foggo, a former high-ranking official at the Central Intelligence Agency, pleaded guilty Monday to one felony corruption count, admitting that he had directed C.I.A. contracts to companies operated by a longtime friend.

Mr. Foggo's plea, entered in the Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., was to a count of theft of his honest services, a charge centering mainly on his relationship with that friend, Brent R. Wilkes, a San Diego military contractor. In a statement of facts accompanying the plea, Mr. Foggo admitted that he had concealed the relationship from colleagues.

From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Foggo was the C.I.A.'s executive director, its third-ranking official. That post made him the agency's chief administrative officer, responsible for its contracts with outside vendors.

He and Mr. Wilkes had been friends in California since childhood — in fact, each had named a child after the other — and his indictment in February 2007 charged that Mr. Foggo had concealed that he had a standing offer of a high-paying job at one of Mr. Wilkes's companies.

In the statement of facts made public Monday, Mr. Foggo admitted hiding their friendship even as he steered contracts to Mr. Wilkes "through direct and indirect means."

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