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Plea agreement hearing set for ex-CIA officer found with gold bars
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A plea agreement hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in the case of former CIA officer David Rush, who was found with 303 gold bars worth $40 million at his home and is formally charged with theft of public funds related to falsifying pay records.
- Investigators allege Rush fabricated his professional record and created a false CIA program, with suspicions that more money or items may be missing beyond what was seized.
- Rush was placed on leave and later fired from the CIA; the plea deal aims to avoid a lengthy trial that could expose CIA operational details and agency errors.
- The case has drawn attention to Pentagon Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, who had a professional relationship with Rush but denies closeness and is not under investigation.
- Several senior CIA officials were placed on leave due to mismanagement of Rush’s funding requests, highlighting internal agency issues revealed by the investigation.
