A former CIA officer who allegedly fabricated his military record and academic credentials, and who was found with 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash, and dozens of luxury watches at his Virginia home, is negotiating a plea deal that could spare the government a trial tangled in classified material. David J. Rush, a onetime […] The post Former CIA officer found with $40 million in gold bars moves toward plea deal appeared first on American Almanac .
A former CIA officer who allegedly fabricated his military record and academic credentials, and who was found with 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash, and dozens of luxury watches at his Virginia home, is negotiating a plea deal that could spare the government a trial tangled in classified material. David J. Rush, a onetime official in the CIA's science and technology division, and federal prosecutors filed a joint motion Friday in federal district court in Virginia asking a judge to extend the indictment deadline to Oct. 8. The filing stated that both sides had reached "a plea agreement in principle" and were working to finalize terms before the case reached a grand jury. CBS News reported that the court document did not specify what…Open
Government lawyers and Rush's attorney told a federal district court in Virginia that the resolution promotes the public interest, in part due to the extensive hurdles that dealing with classified material might create to a trial.
The younger brother of left-wing streamer and Democratic surrogate Hasan Piker spent more than a decade as a Boeing aerospace engineer with security clearances, working on some of the most sensitive military aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, raising questions no one in government appears to have answered. Murat Piker, an aerospace engineer who departed Boeing […] The post Hasan Piker's brother held security clearances, worked on Air Force One and nuclear 'doomsday plane' at Boeing appeared first on American Almanac .
The younger brother of left-wing streamer and Democratic surrogate Hasan Piker spent more than a decade as a Boeing aerospace engineer with security clearances, working on some of the most sensitive military aircraft in the U.S. arsenal, raising questions no one in government appears to have answered. Murat Piker, an aerospace engineer who departed Boeing earlier this year, listed work on the VC-25B, the next-generation Air Force One, the E-6B nuclear command-and-control plane known as the "doomsday plane," the E-3 Sentry AWACS surveillance aircraft, and Boeing's undersea Navy drone program on his LinkedIn profile, the Washington Free Beacon reported . His profile also states he holds "active Security Clearances," and a person familiar…Open
Roswell’s annual U.F.O. festival was supposed to be full of triumphant “told you so’s” after the Trump administration declassified its alien files. Instead, apparently, the coverup continues.
Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, "Regime Change ." Why it matters: Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth. Independent recording devices in the Situation Room are forbidden. - "We're afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded," an administration source told us. "And we have no idea which ones." Verbatim accounts of several Situation Room meetings were included in excerpts about the Iran war and the Epstein files that The Times posted ahead of the book's June 23 publication. The authors conducted more than 1,000 interviews…
Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, "Regime Change ." Why it matters: Such a taped leak would be a shocking breach of one of the most secure settings on Earth. Independent recording devices in the Situation Room are forbidden. - "We're afraid some of our most sensitive conversations were being recorded," an administration source told us. "And we have no idea which ones." Verbatim accounts of several Situation Room meetings were included in excerpts about the Iran war and the Epstein files that The Times posted ahead of the book's June 23 publication. The authors conducted more than 1,000 interviews…Open
Three months after retired Air Force general Neil McCasland went missing from his New Mexico home, new bodycam video and a 9-1-1 call have been released. Do they provide information on what may have happened to McCasland and whether his disappearance is linked to his top-secret security clearance at an Air Force research lab? On "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. #neilmccasland #missing #bodycam #uap Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, who previously held top secret security clearance, has been arrested after hundreds of gold bars were found in his Virginia home.
A former Central Intelligence Agency officer with top secret security clearance has been charged with theft of public money after roughly 300 gold bars were found at his home. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: Last week on Tuesday, David Rush was arrested on charges of criminal theft of public money . According to reports, Rush previously held a senior executive position in the CIA, and issued multiple requests “to obtain a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses” between November 2025 and March 2026. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered 303 gold bars, each weighing around one kilogram, with a total combined worth of more than $40m at…Open
A former CIA official allegedly stole hundreds of gold bars from the federal government, amounting to over $40 million. David Rush, who had top secret-level clearance during his tenure at the CIA, was charged with criminal theft of public money and arrested last week after federal officials looked through his home earlier this month and confiscated 300 gold bars, according to court filings in Virginia. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5898887-former-cia-official-gold-bar-theft/ #cia #gold #bars #theft #doj #fbi
A former CIA official allegedly stole hundreds of gold bars from the federal government, amounting to over $40 million. David Rush, who had top secret-level clearance during his tenure at the CIA, was charged with criminal theft of public money and arrested last week after federal officials looked through his home earlier this month and confiscated 300 gold bars, according to court filings in Virginia. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5898887-former-cia-official-gold-bar-theft/ #cia #gold #bars #theft #doj #fbi
