{"id":347527,"date":"2026-05-29T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-was-an-ex-cia-official-doing-with-40m-of-gold-bars\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:00:07","slug":"what-was-an-ex-cia-official-doing-with-40m-of-gold-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-was-an-ex-cia-official-doing-with-40m-of-gold-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"What was an ex-CIA official doing with $40M of gold bars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fve4LxLgCcE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What was an ex-CIA official doing with $40M of gold bars?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fve4LxLgCcE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A former CIA officer in Virginia is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars in gold bars and foreign currency from the very agency he worked for, according to an FBI affidavit and a source familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>David Rush was arrested last week in Virginia on one charge of theft of public money. He has not yet entered a plea and remains behind bars pending a detention hearing in the case.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Details from the FBI arrest of CIA official David Rush<br \/>\n0:35 What agents seized from Rush&#8217;s home<br \/>\n1:10 Former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Beth Sanner on why CIA agents would have these assets<br \/>\n2:24 Rush\u2019s alleged \u201cinflated\u201d credentials<br \/>\n4:45 How did he slip through the vetting process?<br \/>\n6:14 Former CIA director Leon Panetta on the allegations against Rush<\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<br \/>\n#CIA #FBI #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former CIA officer in Virginia is accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars in gold bars and foreign currency from the very agency he worked for, according to an FBI affidavit and a source familiar with the matter. 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