CIA officer found with over $42 million in gold and cash had created ‘fake’ program
June 8, 2026 4 Comments
A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY officer allegedly created a fake government program in order to embezzle over $42 million in government funds, according to reports. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested David J. Rush on May 19, after he has found in possession of 303 bars of gold worth over $40 million. He was also found in possession of over $2 million in cash and over 30 luxury watches.
Late last week, The Washington Post reported that Rush had built an unacknowledged special access program (SAP). Dating to World War II, SAPs are government-authorized support operations or ‘black’ projects with information-sharing restrictions that exceed those of regular classified projects. Select government personnel are typically ‘read in’ to such projects after signing specialized nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that exceed the scope of their top-secret clearances.
According to The Post, Rush created a CIA unacknowledged SAP relating to “continuity of government operations”. The term refers to state-wide plans to enable the United States government to continue to perform essential operations in the event of a catastrophic disaster, such as a highly destructive earthquake, a pandemic, or a nuclear war.
Using the ‘read-in’ provisions of SAPs, Rush allegedly read two of his CIA colleagues into the program he created. In doing so, Rush used carefully crafted NDAs that prevented his colleagues from disclosing the program’s existence to others. He then allegedly convinced his colleagues to transfer bars of gold and cash into the program, claiming that the resources were to be used to keep the United States government operating as part of continuity planning.
The accused reportedly remains in detention in Alexandria, Virginia, after a federal judge ruled last week that there was significant likelihood he would abscond or fail to appear for future proceedings.
► Author: Joseph Fitsanakis | Date: 08 June 2026 | Permalink
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One one? Who else? Look at the mid level grey man no one ever sees or talks to
and one MUST wonders how 51 former intelligence officials signed a public statement in October 2020 that cast doubt on the authenticity of Hunter Biden’s laptop… and yet there are still those who are so eager to drink from the jim jones kool-aid; Trump and Russia collusion hoax???
and please, no wikileaks!
The accused David Rush certainly seems to have manipulated the US Federal Government legal system to minimize the charges the CIA and FBI is willing to charge him with.
So:
(A) creating a fake Special Access Program (SAP) to milk $10s millions from the US Government
or
(B) committing simple misdemeanours or infractions of filling out fraudulent time sheets (was this obtaining military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars?) and falsely claiming academic and US Naval Reserve credentials. Penalty? sacking? removal of pension rights? Rush could then become a contractor for decades?
Rush would be calculating the US Government doesn’t want to reveal (A) involving its most sensitive processes in open or even closed Courts or Inquiries. The Government might also not want to reveal the poor oversight over this or other SAPs (fake or real?) or the amounts of secret funds at the discretion of CIA officers.
An additional issue with Rush’s background falsification (legend*) and long-term deception are that these may be the traits of an illegal or sleeper double agent of much value to Russian or Chinese intelligence.
Rush’s long successful deceptions raise the issue whether It is possible there are sleepers or illegals that have defeated the CIA’s, FBI’s or NSA’s vetting protections.
*As all good spooks know a legend refers to a person with a well-prepared and credible made-up identity (cover background) who may attempt to infiltrate a target organization (in this case the CIA).