Ex-CIA Agent Busted with $40 Million in Gold

Friday, May 29, 2026

A former senior CIA official has been implicated in a scheme to apparently steal some $40 million in gold bars ...

Posted by HeliumRat at 01:32 PM | 6 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

David Rush, a former senior CIA officer, is accused of theft and making false statements. The trove of gold and cash went missing from his CIA storage space -- but it was found in his Virginia home. n.pr/4fOzl6J

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-- NPR (@npr.org) 3:08 PM Â· May 28, 2026

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So... he's a con artist who loves gold; I see him heading the CIA soon.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-28 01:59 PM | Reply

Why didn't DOGE find this fraud?

Wasn't that their actual job?

#2 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-28 02:15 PM | Reply

wow the n.pr link is absolutely terrible!
What's up with the bluesky weird stealsource links?
Anywy, here's clean link, no charge:
All snapshots from host n.pr
from host www.npr.org
archive.is

What I will point out, is:
His frauds were bought off by other administrations' seeyiays, but they were discovered by current admin's seeyiay

#3 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-30 03:33 PM | Reply

...This case makes me think of Peter Falk in The In-Laws (1979)

#4 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-30 04:48 PM | Reply

n.pr is the official short-link domain used by National Public Radio (NPR) for sharing news stories, music, and podcasts.

OIC. But why? And why the large number of uBlock hits, and the jamming up of my computer?
For me, the best way is to archive everything.

#5 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-30 04:52 PM | Reply

Someone dirty within the CIA - Shocking I say, Just SHOCKING!

#6 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-05-30 05:07 PM | Reply