Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Ex-CIA official pleads guilty to using position and government funds to enrich himself

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>David J Rush used his job at spy agency to acquire Florida real estate and gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars</p><p>A former senior <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/cia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">CIA</a> official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Virginia</a> to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Florida</a> real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars, according to court records.</p><p>David J Rush fabricated a “highly classified” government program to justify the acquisition of luxury property in south Florida that he intended to resell for personal profit, according to a court filing. Rush separately concocted a bogus “sensitive government activity” to obtain the gold bars, the filing also says.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/cia-official-gold-bars-guilty-plea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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