Michael Kostiw

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Michael Vincent Kostiw is a former employee of the US Central Intelligence Agency.

Kostiw worked as a case officer for the CIA for about ten years. In late 1981, Kostiw was caught shoplifing a package of bacon worth $2.13 from a Langley, Virginia supermarket and he was placed on administrative leave. In 1982, the CIA arranged for the misdemeanor charges to be dropped when Kostiw resigned and agreed to counseling.^[1] Because of this incident he was later dubbed the "Bacon Guy" by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.^[2]

After quitting the CIA, Kostiw was hired by the Latin America/West Africa division of Texaco and worked his way up to vice president for international government affairs of ChevronTexaco. Kostiw also worked as vice chairman of the International Republican Institute and staff director of the terrorism subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence under US Representative Porter J. Goss.

When Goss became CIA director, he nominated Kostiw to be executive director of the agency, the third highest ranking position. Kostiw withdrew his nomination when the shoplifting incident was leaked to the Washington Post and instead became senior adviser to Goss.^[3] The post of executive director was filled by Dusty Foggo.

Kostiw is now the Republican Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Armed Services for the ranking Member John McCain. he assumed this role in January of 2007.

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