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Perhaps our government needs better accounting.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:50 am
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:50 am
NYPost
Why had he not fled?
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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
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Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:57 am to Cell of Awareness
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Why had he not fled?
Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
Posted on 5/28/26 at 5:58 am to Cell of Awareness
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.
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 on 5/28/26 at 6:00 am to Cell of Awareness
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.
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 on 5/28/26 at 6:02 am to Cell of Awareness
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 on 5/28/26 at 6:46 am to Cell of Awareness
Perhaps?
We need 75% less govt at every level.
We need 75% less govt at every level.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 6:55 am to Cell of Awareness
Well accounting is listed among the first professions for AI to take over, so that will fix it I am sure.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:14 am to heypaul
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 on 5/28/26 at 7:17 am to Cell of Awareness
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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.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:46 am to jbgleason
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t's the CIA and they can't check his credentials? This guy had a Top Secret SCI clearance.
Really makes you wonder about the veracity of our current clearance process. I'm old enough to remember when lying on your SF-86 could get you charged with a felony, and certainly would result in clearance denial.
Movies portray these people as high-IQ demi gods who can disappear like ghosts. In the real world, is it this guy, who stashed $40M of traceable gold bars in his house, between us and the big bad wolf?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:27 am to Cell of Awareness
Missing 40 m. Government going find you one way or another
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:32 am to GeauxZone90
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Missing 40 m. Government going find you one way or another
Hearty laugh in Somalian.....
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:32 am to Cell of Awareness
Our government is too big, too complex and has way too much money.
95 percent of the federal government needs to be dissolved. When someone can request, and receive, $40 million in gold bars with no oversight, it's time to press eject.
95 percent of the federal government needs to be dissolved. When someone can request, and receive, $40 million in gold bars with no oversight, it's time to press eject.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:39 am to Cell of Awareness
The government should have to abide by same standards as any corporation. Sardines Oxley
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:45 am to Aubie Spr96
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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.
I've been out of patience for a while
Posted on 5/28/26 at 8:57 am to kywildcatfanone
I'll ask who signed off on his request for the gold and how much did that person sign off for others AND for himself or herself or them selfs?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 11:24 am to heypaul
Elon said that they could have cut the budget in half if they had been allowed to go all in on Doge. Fraud and waste, but the government can do better with health care.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 12:04 pm to Cell of Awareness
And like they always say this is the one that got caught. No oversight on so many categories here.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:11 pm to Cell of Awareness
Apparently greed makes people stupid, as this is not the first story I've read in which people, going for "minimal" amounts of money get exposed, or found out, for much larger sums.
While $77,000 is a quite the payday for most of us, it represents only 2 tenths of 1% if you're already sitting on $40,000,000.
I'm not endorsing the man's theft, but I am shaking my head at his inability to "know when to say when."
While $77,000 is a quite the payday for most of us, it represents only 2 tenths of 1% if you're already sitting on $40,000,000.
I'm not endorsing the man's theft, but I am shaking my head at his inability to "know when to say when."
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