An interesting arrest that might warrant some background material prior to today’s events. Keep in mind there are several indicted individuals from Venezuela and Mexico now said to be cooperating with the DOJ and federal law enforcement.
In addition to former Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro in the Southern District of New York, we should also note three Mexican officials connected to the Sinaloa cartel previously turned themselves in to U.S. federal officials and are said to be cooperating.
Earlier this month, Gerardo Mérida, a retired Mexican army general who served as public-security secretary in northwestern Sinaloa state surrendered in Tucson, Arizona. Enrique Inzunza Cazárez, who is also facing drug trafficking and weapon charges, was taken into custody in San Diego by the DEA. Sinaloa businessman Enrique Diaz Vega – another name from the SDNY indictment – also turned himself into U.S. authorities in Arizona.
As you read this story, also keep in mind the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, falls under the authority of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and that agency oversees a background check program, known as “continuous vetting.”
According to NBC News a 20-year veteran manger within the CIA named David Rush has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and theft. The CIA operative was reported to have been referred to the FBI by CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
(VIA NBC) WASHINGTON — A former CIA senior officer with top secret-level clearance has been accused of secretly stashing millions of dollars in gold bars in his home that he said he needed for “work-related expenses,” according to court documents and two people familiar with his employment history.
David Rush, who held a management position, was charged with criminal theft of public money in a complaint filed last week in the Eastern District of Virginia. His lawyer didn’t respond to a request for comment. He was also accused of lying to his employers about his background for nearly two decades.
Asked about Rush’s case, a CIA spokesperson said in a statement joint statement with the FBI that the FBI had arrested a person after a referral from the agency.
“After a CIA internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred the information to the FBI for a law enforcement investigation,” the written statement said. “The FBI is working closely with our partners at the CIA and the Department of Justice as we continue to investigate this matter fully. We are committed to following the facts, ensuring accountability, and pursuing justice in accordance with the law.”
[…] It wasn’t clear how the investigation into Rush began, and it also wasn’t clear when he left the CIA. His home was raided just last week.
From November through March, Rush made several requests for funds, including for foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars, according to an affidavit filed in federal court by an FBI agent investigating the case.
In a storage space near his office, investigators found only a portion of the funds. On May 18, federal agents searched Rush’s home and seized roughly 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, court documents said. Agents also seized about $2 million in U.S. currency and 35 luxury watches, mostly Rolexes, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit alleges Rush knowingly took part of the money he requested for work-related expenses to his home for personal gain.
The court filing didn’t specify which agency employed Rush, but the two people familiar with his employment history said he was with the CIA. (link)
Separate allegations in the complaint accuse Rush of falsifying his background over nearly two decades in dealings with government employers.
Is he Somalian?
/sarc, just a tad
“Continuous Vetting”. And why have they not been doing that? They have to install an Elon Chip in those people’s heads, when their hired and for as long as they are employed by the CIA, no exceptions. We will unplug you when you leave.
Better take a look at all those early retirements. Do they have extraordinary houses cars boats or anything that is associated to extreme wealth. Ghetto folklore is the CIA is the head drug lords!
David Rush paid me every two weeks in gold, I was an expense. My job? None of your business!
All I wonder is how many more just like him.
Sounds like Rush was funding “black ops”. Rolex’s possibly given as “gifts” to participating bad guys? One thing seems obvious: He had help – and powerful connections – inside and outside D.C. I sincerely doubt he had all that money, gold and watches for just his personal gain. He was most likely funding insurrectionists/terrorists inside and outside the U.S. fighting against President Trump’s agenda. Hopefully, since his goose is cooked, he’ll start squawking about his “contacts”.
NYPost:
While Rush enlisted in the Navy in 1997, he was honorably discharged in 2015 and after he never enlisted in any other branch of US military, the court documents state. After his Navy discharge, Rush allegedly falsified active Captain status to pocket $77,000 in unearned military leave while drawing an inflated executive salary.
He also claimed he received a mathematics degree from Clemson University and an electrical engineering master’s from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but registrars found no record of him.
Rush additionally alleged to have certifications from the U.S. Air Force and Naval Test Pilot Schools; however, FAA and military files reveal he lacked a pilot’s license, serving instead as an IT technician, among other roles.
Now THAT is a very impressive vitae! He could be the next governor of Minnesota. You have to admire the creativity. Either GO BIG OR GO HOME!
On the other hand, how in Heaven’s name could security screeners at multiple levels in multiple agencies miss this?….
Exactly. you would think the military service could quickly verified.
Makes you wonder whom he put down for references….
Daniel Goldman, William Barr, and Al Green.
🙂
They didn’t miss it. They ignored it intentionally.
This^^^
Intelligence is a dirty business that runs on blackmail, extortion, and dirty money. No surprise that they requisition gold bars and Rolexes to pay double agents and informants. What IS a surprise is that apparently no one keeps track of it to determine what is being bought with it and whether it is worth the price. Other people’s money (ours).
On the other note, the first ones in get the deals, and the others do the hard time.
With all sympathy for Pam Bondi for what she is enduring with the cancer treatment, you never would have seen the kind of action we’ve seen from the DOJ of late, let alone with this tempo, if she were still in charge.
When we term Washington a “swamp,” we’re not just being pejorative: It is one of the most corrupt moral cesspools on this planet. So it’s no wonder that when Trump comes in talking about cleaning it up, even going so far as to begin to do it (!), that they think nothing of trying to kill him, despite how much such an action would tear this country apart.
I pray for the protection of all those involved in trying to clean this cesspool, from the president on down, and that He will give the American people a respite, a moment when they can once again enjoy living in a country that is one people under God. As it is, it’s a tall order and only with God’s help can we have the wisdom and strength to succeed. The swamp politicians and administrative state are the beginning. The judges are not immune. Black robes might have protected a stolen election in 2020, and cost us a governorship in Arizona, but the time is coming when we’ll likely get to see why the judiciary was designed as the weakest of the three branches. God willing.
J
If an investigation is now being made public, that probably means it was started months ago.
The DOJ finally has enough evidence to file an indictment that will not only withstand attacks on its sufficiency, but also that will be the foundation for a case that can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
“All roads lead to Langley”: Sundance
So, ummm…
in the course of the see eye aye doing unaccounted business with various bad actors across the world – and at untold home –
someone noticed that no one was tallying the various exchanges ( purchasing of bad actors to do bad things or leveraging behaviors with little or no paper trail )
over the years…
so someone thought they could skim funds etc.
as a means to buy self protection in the various instances of getting caught skimming
( until someone decided to not become bought ( because their livelihood was looking dire – and money was not going to be useful in buying a get of jail etc. card )
The dishonest games people play….
..and some others play along…
…until what?
( hint: the truth arrives…
….people ( taxpayers etc. )
do not like giving money
and getting empty promises or wooden nickels in return. )
Many pols get funding to offer up a lot of words, rhetoric but little action to match the words.
Occasionally, a person does things that matches their rhetoric.
( a good thing, that the media sells as a bad thing ).
There are things to learn….every day… ( or not )…free choice.
Love thy neighbors
He lied about his background for two decades? That’s some HR department you’ve got.
I’m sure the intelligence that they provide is vetted with the same scrutiny. /sarc/
Precisely what I was thinking.
A few somebody’s butts should be on the line for him getting as far as he did for as long as he did. Utter failures in background checks and accounting.
That doesn’t include what should happen to him and the gold bar theft. Utter failures in background checks and accounting.
I didn’t realize that following the yellow brick road meant they were gold bars.
He had to have protection from higher-ups. I wonder if we’ll ever find out who and why.
That this is a public prosecution, and not his death an “accident,” is interesting in itself.
Imagine how many other operatives have that much cash in hand?
Cartel rollover?