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CIA officer caught with $40M in gold bars worked on Pentagon’s secret nuclear sub program
The former CIA official who allegedly convinced the agency to send him $40 million in gold bars was a liaison for one of the military’s most highly classified nuclear sub programs — and was handpicked for the plum position, according a new report. David Rush, 49, who was arrested in May at his Virginia home after an FBI raid turned up 300 1-kilogram gold bars, $2 million in US currency and dozens of Rolex watches, was tasked with secret maritime programs at the Pentagon, a US official confirmed to NBC News. In his apparent role, which the outlet said Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg asked him to take on, ... (full story)