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hammancheez but spooky
@hammancheez.bsky.social

"Rush allegedly made several requests to the government for large amounts of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses, which he received." 'which he received' how the fuck do you just get given gold bars as a govt employee with no oversight

cbsnews.comFormer CIA official found with $40 million in gold bars in plea deal talksThe court filing did not indicate what charges David Rush could plead to.

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Pantuso
@pantuso.com

There is a principle that the harder a crime is to detect the stiffer the penalty should be. No fucking plea deal. A CIA officer is given a huge amount of trust and latitude, so the consequences of violating should be catastrophic. He should be in a gibbet as an example to others.