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This is one of the oddest stories I\u2019ve seen. Let\u2019s examine the surface level first. Surface level because it involves the CIA.\u00a0<\/p>

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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.<\/p>\n

The feds conducted a raid at the residence of David Rush last week, uncovering a staggering 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash and nearly three dozen luxury Rolex watches, according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Rush, until recently a \u201csenior executive service-level employee\u201d at the CIA, reportedly requested the massive haul of gold and foreign currency for \u201cwork-related expenses\u201d between November and March.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The gold reportedly amounts to 303 bars. That\u2019s 303\u00a0<\/em>gold bars.<\/em>You don\u2019t get those back as change at the local quick shop or at your local bank. Even better, it seems virtually nothing about this guy\u2019s resume was accurate:<\/p>\n

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Rush is currently only charged with inflating his college resume and scamming the government out of military leave pay after he allegedly falsely claimed to be a member of the Navy Reserve.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, Rush fabricated much of his background on his way to securing a senior executive service role in the federal government.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rush enlisted in the Navy in 1997, was honorably discharged in 2015 and after that, he never enlisted in any other branch of the US military, the court documents state.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following his Navy discharge, Rush allegedly falsified active status as a captain to pocket $77,000 in unearned military leave while drawing an inflated executive salary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also claimed he received a mathematics degree from Clemson University and an electrical engineering master\u2019s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but registrars found no record of him.<\/p>\n

Rush additionally alleged to have certifications from the US Air Force and Naval Test Pilot schools, but FAA and military files reveal he lacked a pilot\u2019s license, serving instead as an IT technician, among other roles.<\/p>

Read more The Day My Department Stopped Being a Department<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That resume was sufficient to grant Rush numerous promotions, reaching a role in the Senior Executive Service, though his exact position wasn\u2019t mentioned.<\/p>\n

Pretty much everything about this stinks. How could anyone reach a high rank in the CIA without at least an initial, extensive background check? Someone at Rush\u2019s position presumably held a high security clearance. Those aren\u2019t granted without extensive vetting beyond that for mere employment. Amazingly, Rush is reported to have been twice investigated and rejected for CIA employment before finally being accepted. In at least four\u00a0background checks for the CIA, no one discovered that Rush lied about his education, lied about serving in the Navy Reserve, stole $77,000 in military leave pay, and lied about being a pilot and attending test pilot school? Missing one of those red-light-flashing, siren-blaring indicators might be possible, but all of them? Not many people attend a military test pilot school, and those who do know each other, or know of each other. No one bothered to check?<\/p>\n

And what about the gold and cash? There were 303 bars of gold and $2 million in cash that Rush apparently told someone in the CIA he needed for \u201cwork-related expenses,\u201d and he collected it within a span of only five months. \u201cYou need $40 million in gold and $2 million in cash for expenses? Sure. I\u2019ll call for a heavy-duty truck to transport that stuff.\u00a0Where will you keep it? In your\u00a0office and at your home? No problem. What\u2019s that? Do you need to sign for it? Nah. We trust you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently, high-ranking CIA officials don\u2019t have to itemize their expenses, nor do CIA accountants have to keep track of millions in gold and cash.<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t anyone at the CIA say:\u00a0\u201cHey Bob, it looks like we\u2019re missing 303 bars of gold and $2 million in cash. Any idea where that went?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Apparently not, because the missing loot was only discovered during a \u201croutine audit,\u201d and the CIA Director referred the matter to the FBI. Are there no procedures for disbursing gold bars?\u00a0<\/p>\n

But this is the CIA. Are we really to believe they hand out, without accounting for it, that kind of money, and that weight\u2014gold is heavy stuff\u2014of gold on request for \u201cexpenses?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Rush didn\u2019t put the bars in his pockets and walk out the front door. How often does the CIA do that sort of routine audit? We can reasonably assume assets like this are kept under the radar for black operations. Was Rush involved in some black operation that went bad, so bad the CIA decided to turn him over to the FBI and make the agency look like it\u2019s populated by idiots? Was this a domestic political operation that went bad?<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll likely never know the truth, but this sort of thing doesn\u2019t inspire confidence in government.<\/p>\n

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Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, life-long athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer, and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is<\/em>\u00a0Stately McDaniel Manor.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>

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