300 gold bars requisitioned as work expenses over six months straight

About this episode

Charlie Cruz discusses the case of David Rush, a CIA officer who requisitioned over 300 gold bars as work expenses.

David Rush, a senior CIA officer, allegedly requisitioned more than 300 gold bars through the agency's own operational expense system and took them home. Gold is a legitimate intelligence tool, which meant Rush's requests fit an established category of CIA expenditure rather than flagging as anomalous, and he repeated the process over several months until federal agents found more than forty million dollars' worth at his residence. Charlie Cruz walks through the mechanism, and what investigators are still working out.

People in this episode

Host: Charlie Cruz

Topics covered

• CIA
• gold bars
• intelligence
• federal investigation
• operational expenses

Keywords

• CIA
• David Rush
• gold bars
• operational expenses
• federal agents
• investigation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

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