Good freaking grief.
We have been told our entire lives that the CIA only has the best of the best.
Here they can’t even properly vet this guy to begin with and then he proceeds to steal them blind.
He lied like a dog about his credentials and they didn’t bother checking them out
Former Senior CIA Officer With Top-Secret Clearance ARRESTED After FBI Raid Home And Seize 300 Gold Bars Worth $40 Million — Plus $2 Million Cash And 35 Luxury Watches
A former senior CIA officer with top-secret security clearance has been arrested after federal agents raided his Virginia home and seized roughly 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, along with approximately $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, mostly Rolexes.
The officer, identified as David Rush, who held a management position at the agency, now faces charges of criminal theft of public money.
According to NBC News, Rush allegedly used his position to request large amounts of gold and foreign currency, claiming they were for “work-related expenses,” only to allegedly divert and stash them at his Fairfax County residence.
On May 18, federal agents searched the home and walked out with the massive gold hoard. Investigators had earlier found only a portion of the funds in a storage space near his office.
Rush had requested the assets between November and March, according to an FBI affidavit.
The CIA’s own internal audit couldn’t account for the gold or significant foreign currency, prompting CIA Director John Ratcliffe to refer the matter to the FBI for criminal investigation.
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Rush is also accused of a long-running fraud scheme in which he allegedly falsified time sheets, inflated his hours, and lied about his background for nearly two decades to secure and maintain his high-level position and extra pay.
He claimed degrees from Clemson University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, attendance at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, service as a thesis adviser, and Navy pilot experience, none of which were true, according to NBC News.
He even allegedly faked Navy Reserve service to collect improper military leave pay.
He applied to the government three times and only succeeded on the third attempt in 2009 after padding his résumé further. Despite these fabrications, he rose to a senior management role with top-secret clearance.
But I gotta say,…if you’re looking for a spy who knows how to penetrate an intelligence agency and compromise it,…he’s your guy!!
This may be guess the DEI hire race.
Top men I tells ya, top men.
Nope, white guy.
Do you realize how difficult it is to get by on a civil service paycheck???
Guy creatively finds a way to help make ends meet, and everyone is hostile.
however, i do not understand the 35 watches, seems like something that might trigger an audit.
Would suck if he got away with the gold and cash, only to get caught requisitioning a Rolex….
nah, i ain’t buying it. opm crawled up my ass and made a home for over a year for my clearance. no way in hell he got away with that. they’re tossing him to the wolves to cover their involvement in something bigger.
This, or someone powerful was able to push him into the position. [I’m remembering some of Obama’s appointments, which never would have happened except that Obama pushed it.]
If you have the right name/color/friends those checks can be nothing more than a wink & a nod.
It must have been friends because he’s white.
i assume that the government and its agencies are the largest criminal organizations in existence.
And the mugshot the NY Post he looks like the average bored guy just just waiting to be released for the unpaid parking ticket…Yeah. Stinks on ice.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/former-cia-official-arrested-after-feds-find-40m-worth-of-gold-bars-stashed-at-his-home-report/
Requested and recieved $40 million in gold, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, between November and March? THIS November and March??
This is horrible. Think of the literally fives of Somali children we could have been learing with this money.
Corruption in government is endemic. It permeates the entire system.
Government is just a synonym for corruption.
Either not properly background checked, or they knew he was criminally inclined and used him for illegal ops. Then screwed him over for skimming.
It’s all bread and circuses, literally. The clown in the White House is turning the White House grounds into a circus for a modern day gladiator contest. Is it any wonder this administration passes out gold and cash to a CIA agent like the huge defense contracts going to Uday and Qusay?