The 667-pound clue spy agency missed in
David Rush’s gold bar scandal: ‘Humiliation
for the CIA’
Posted By: Mercedes44, 5/30/2026 3:56:37 PM
The CIA should have known something was off the moment ex-officer David Rush demanded 667 pounds of gold bullion. Instead of requesting diamonds or rare gems — the far lighter, more mobile currency the agency has long favored for clandestine work — Rush asked for heavy gold bars, a choice a former senior CIA official told The Post was an obvious red flag. Now Rush is incarcerated in an Alexandria, Va., lockup and charged carrying out a massive theft – although it is the spy agency itself facing tough questions from lawmakers about how he was ever allowed to get this far.
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Instead, DHS officials claimed that visitation rights were restored after they were able to bring the violent protests under control — after he Shetrill and her allies fomented them.
The Department of Homeland Security ripped New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill for claiming that she had solved a major issue behind the violent protests at the ICE detention center Delaney Hall in Newark Sunday.
Sherrill announced that visitation rights for the 1,000 migrants who are being held at the privately run facility — one of the grievances that had led to a prolonged hunger strike by some detainees and clashes between anti-ICE protesters and feds.
Instead, DHS officials claimed that visitation rights were restored after they were able to bring the violent protests under control — after he Shetrill and her allies fomented them.
new study finds that donations from faculty at U.S. top universities have become increasingly one-sided – suggesting that politically active faculty are clustered within a “narrow” and “ideological” far-left band.
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Iran: Truce Doesn't End Wars
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The 667-pound clue spy agency missed in
David Rush’s gold bar scandal: ‘Humiliation
for the CIA’ 10 replies
David Rush’s gold bar scandal: ‘Humiliation
for the CIA’ 10 replies
The CIA should have known something was off the moment ex-officer David Rush demanded 667 pounds of gold bullion.
Instead of requesting diamonds or rare gems — the far lighter, more mobile currency the agency has long favored for clandestine work — Rush asked for heavy gold bars, a choice a former senior CIA official told The Post was an obvious red flag.
Now Rush is incarcerated in an Alexandria, Va., lockup and charged carrying out a massive theft – although it is the spy agency itself facing tough questions from lawmakers about how he was ever allowed to get this far.
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As The New York Post reported, Google wants federal approval to unleash approximately 32 MILLION mosquitoes into the states of California and Florida over the next two years.
This is supposedly part of an effort to halt the spread of several serious mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever.
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Deadlier than the male
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The crazy sex toy scandal that blew up
the chess world — and its strange aftermath
four years later 8 replies
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four years later 8 replies
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