Former CIA official found with $40M in gold bars reaches tentative plea deal(apnews.com)

11 pointsby Jimmc4145 hours ago5 comments

f30e3dfed1c930 minutes ago
Probably gonna make a good movie someday.
Jimmc4143 hours ago
>The FBI affidavit said Rush had obtained the gold bars from the U.S. government for “work-related expenses.” Rush’s attorney has said the charge against him isn’t related to the gold bars, which she described as “a sensational tidbit.”
$40 million in work related expenses paid in gold bars? Sounds completely legitimate.
- bibimsz2 hours ago
  CIA boss: "listen, Zelensky, we already sent you $60m in gold bars, you're killing us here."
  Zelensky: "60? you mean $20m, right?"
  CIA boss: "very funny"
  Zelensky: "no seriously."
  CIA boss: "...we'll call you back."
BobbyTables22 hours ago
That’s just under 300kg of gold…
ungreased06754 hours ago
Satire is impossible these days.
bell-cot4 hours ago
... inflating his salary by falsely claiming degrees from Clemson University in South Carolina and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit filed in court.
How in hell was our post-Snowden Creep State unable to notice such things?
- JumpCrisscross4 hours ago
  > How in hell was our post-Snowden Creep State unable to notice such things?
  Because it doesn't exist. The data got stored, sometimes, somewhere. But a lot of it is deleted or corrupted or never computed on. Believing there is a secret core of competence in the American state is appealing. But from what I can tell, the evidence doesn't sustain it.