FBI Busts Former CIA Official For $40 Million Of Stolen Gold Bars

FORMER SENIOR CIA OFFICIAL BUSTED BY FBI WITH $40 MILLION OF STOLEN GOLD BARS IN HIS HOME

This is one of those instances where all the pulp fiction I’ve consumed gets a jarring dose of reality. In this case, it’s how I falsely assumed that people who work for the CIA must be smart. Well, at least minimally smart with enough direct or thematic training to at least appear smarter than they really are. But not this time! This time, it’s a real life story of a former CIA official, David Rush, who doesn’t seem to understand how to properly stash illicit goods and money where no one will find it. And to make matters even more embarrassing, he was busted by none other than his former domestic counterpart, the FBI. And they busted him good, finding $40 million of stolen gold bars, in his home.

THE CIA REALIZED HE LIED ABOUT HIS BONAFIDES, THEN THEY REALIZED THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THE GOLD BARS WERE

Yes, in his home! Apparently, Rush made a number of requests to the government for a large amount of foreign currency as well as tens of millions of dollars in gold bars. Why? Allegedly, for work-related expenses. Well, ok. I get that. The CIA could indeed have had some clandestine things on the go under Rush, where that kind of cheddar would be necessary. You know, the kind of necessary that we the public never know about. But the CIA wasn’t able to determine what the use of all that cheddar was for. And then they realized they didn’t know where any of it was. So what did they do? They referred the matter to the FBI, which handles such legal issues in the domestic United States.

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BUSTED CIA OFFICIAL CLEARLY WASN’T VETTED TO BE HIRED, FOR SECURITY CLEARANCE, OR FOR CLANDESTINE MONEY

But Rush is also accused of lying to the Navy when he enlisted in 1997 with false academic credentials. And then he also lied about other degrees when he applied to work for the federal government, and when he applied for his security clearance. Apparently, the CIA didn’t actually vet this, ah, vet, before hiring him, allowing him to become a senior official, or before he stole money and gold bars they supplied him. Embarrassing…. And as for Rush, how stupid can you be to get caught, by the FBI, with 303 gold bars, over $2 million in USD, and 35 luxury watches in your home?

Hey, I’m just a rube sucker who never cut any corners. But even I know that it’s not that hard to have an untraceable LLC that rents storage (pre-paid, say, for 5 years, in another state), as well as a foreign bank account that has high interest. But in your home? Sheesh.