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Perhaps our government needs better accounting.

Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:50 am
Posted by Cell of Awareness
Member since Jan 2024
1555 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:50 am
NYPost

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A former high-ranking CIA official who allegedly lied about his credentials to secure $77,000 in bogus military leave was busted after FBI agents found a mind-blowing fortune, including $40 million worth of gold bars, hidden inside his Virginia home.


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Rush, until recently a “senior executive service-level employee” at the CIA, reportedly requested the massive haul of gold and foreign currency for “work-related expenses” between November and March.


Why had he not fled?

This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 5:52 am
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
36230 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:57 am to
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Why had he not fled?



Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20015 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:58 am to
Idiot.

You don’t keep 40 million in gold inside your house. That is a back up plan that if something happens and you get locked up, you have that when you get out.
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38355 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:00 am to
There's no accountability anymore anywhere for anybody but worker bee's.
For the people, by the people and of the people has long been out the door.
Must people wouldn't even know what you were talking about if you asked them what that means.
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
20175 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:02 am to
The financial waste is to be expected in our government. The bigger question is how a guy becomes a Senior Executive Service employee at the CIA with a fake resume. It's the CIA and they can't check his credentials? This guy had a Top Secret SCI clearance.

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A federal investigation revealed that despite holding a Senior Executive Service (SES) rank and Top Secret/SCI clearance, Rush routinely lied about his military background and education.

In applications for his high-level job, Rush claimed he was a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and the "current director of test for a 145-person, 18-aircraft joint Army/Navy weapons test organization," according to court documents.

However, military records show Rush was never a pilot and held no FAA licenses; his actual duties in the Navy included working as an information systems technician.


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He also allegedly faked his educational credentials to boost his federal salary, claiming he held a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, according to the filings.

Registrars from both universities confirmed to the FBI they have no record of Rush ever attending their schools.

Further, the FBI claims that Rush scammed the government out of $77,000 in fraudulent military leave, claiming 744 hours of paid time off by telling his employer he was actively serving as a Navy Reserve captain (O-6) through September 2025.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
139614 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:46 am to
Perhaps?


We need 75% less govt at every level.
Posted by RohanGonzales
Pronoun: Whatever
Member since Apr 2024
10795 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:55 am to
Well accounting is listed among the first professions for AI to take over, so that will fix it I am sure.
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
44467 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:14 am to
It’s past time we pushed the button on this and get a reset. Patiently waiting for the rest of yall to get pissed off.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
22243 posts
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:17 am to
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including $40 million worth of gold bars, hidden inside his Virginia home.



That is ridiculous. Anything over $15 Million in gold bars hidden in the house is overkill.
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