Mums the word for Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham on what he did for defense contractor Mitchell Wade in exchange for Wade's setting him up with cush housing back home and in DC. So says the hometown paper, the North County Times.

Apparently it was nothing to be too proud of, seeing as Wade resigned as the CEO and president of his company (MZM, Inc.)

But when it comes to the flag-burning amendment Duke's sponsoring in the House, you just can't get him to shut up.

In response to critics of his legislation, Duke said today: "Ask the men and women who stood on top of the (World) Trade Center. Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment."

Coming next, on the ever-evolving <$NoAd$> story of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, the best kept man in Congress: more about those Arabic language interpreters MZM supplied for ole' Uncle Sam ...