Comments on: Randy Duke Cunningham: I plan to live in a cabin in the Ozarks, hunt and write books

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:12:06 +0000

If one were able to ignore his complicity, his greed, his self-interest and his lack of street smarts…..Randy Duke would cut a tragic and even pathetic figure. It is not difficult for me to clearly see why Randy was the ultimate “target” for Mr. wilkes. Everything about this man screams all the right buttons that Mr.wilkes was so praticed at pushing. A part of me actually feels sorry for Mr. Cunningham…..albeit….a small part.

By: Brent Wilkes Is Unjailable › Seth Hettena

Brent Wilkes Is Unjailable › Seth Hettena — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 19:59:44 +0000

[...] than eight years in prison, will be released from prison later this year to begin his new life in a cabin in the Ozarks before Wilkes really has to make sure he never, ever drops the soap in the prison [...]

By: In other news...: Randy Cunningham wants his guns back

In other news...: Randy Cunningham wants his guns back — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:42:50 +0000

[...] a letter to Judge Larry Burns earlier this month (obtained by Cunningham biographer Seth Hettena) the disgraced politician says he’s planning to live in a cabin in the Ozarks and needs firearms [...]

By: Jailed Former Congressman Wants Guns to Fend off Rabid Cougars | NewsFeed | TIME.com

Thu, 31 May 2012 13:01:57 +0000

[...] for the right to bear arms following his release from prison. The letter, sent in early May, was first reported by San Diego journalist Seth Hettena and outlines Cunningham’s post-prison [...]

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Wed, 30 May 2012 20:34:53 +0000

By: Seth Hettena

Seth Hettena — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:03:14 +0000

I think Kontogiannis was a shady businessman (supposedly even with mob ties) who found a congressman to be his friend.

By: William Finn Bennett

William Finn Bennett — Tue, 29 May 2012 01:21:20 +0000

Wilkes and Wade had clear motives for their illegal dealings with Cunningham, but I have never understood what Thomas Kontagiannis stood to gain from his fraudulent loans to Cunningham. His role is an enigma to me to this day and I still feel there is more to this story than has been told so far.

By: Seth Hettena

Seth Hettena — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:30:26 +0000

Thanks Jerry, means a lot coming from you. I think Cunningham is constitutionally incapable of accepting responsibility for his actions or of telling the truth. He has lived with a distorted, exaggerated view of himself for so long that fact is indistinguishable from fiction in his life.

By: Randy "Duke" Cunningham begs Judge for right to bear arms

Randy "Duke" Cunningham begs Judge for right to bear arms — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:51:35 +0000

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By: jerry kammer

jerry kammer — Sat, 26 May 2012 12:02:12 +0000

Seth, it’s good that you’re keeping your eye on developments like this.
If Duke had any capacity for self-criticism, he could probably tell some interesting tales about Wade, Wilkes, Lowery, Lewis, Kontogiannis, et al. But alas,he’ll probably stick with the line he gave to the marshals right after he was sentenced: he was set up.
I wonder what the Arkansas connection is. His brother (who seems like a very decent guy) and his mom were in Texas, last I heard.