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2026-05-28 Government Corruption

Feds seize $40M in gold bars, cash, Rolexes from former CIA official who faked being a Navy pilot

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1877 views ] Top

1 Just saying...
He's CIA.
Isn't he supposed to lie about everything?
😎

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-28 02:56|| 2026-05-28 02:56|| Front Page Top

2 Somalis will be venerating this guy as their patron saint.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-28 06:19|| 2026-05-28 06:19|| Front Page Top

3 How many more are there like Dave ?

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-28 06:22|| 2026-05-28 06:22|| Front Page Top

4 ^Very few - most have numbered Swiss accounts.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-05-28 06:26|| 2026-05-28 06:26|| Front Page Top

5 .,..Hey, if yer gonna go...go BIG.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2026-05-28 06:32|| 2026-05-28 06:32|| Front Page Top

6 I'm hazarding a guess he was in the Support Directorate. The CIA doesn't publicly list their SIS/SES positions. And whoever did the background check for him needs to be canned too.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-05-28 06:46|| 2026-05-28 06:46|| Front Page Top

7 /\ Yes, very likely National Resource Division (NRD)...'Back in the rear with the gear' division. Not generally as accountable as deployers, as I recall. Not the Ralph Goff type.

I hope they 'run the traps' on Dave. There is that odd chance.... he was not acting alone.

Ralph Goff

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-28 06:59|| 2026-05-28 06:59|| Front Page Top

8 Am I the only person in the US who doesn't have a security clearance?

Posted by Chris 2026-05-28 12:23|| 2026-05-28 12:23|| Front Page Top

9 Sorry Chris, you're not the only one. I don't have one either.

Posted by alanc 2026-05-28 17:22|| 2026-05-28 17:22|| Front Page Top

10 What a colossal Charlie Foxtrot. How did he get in the front door? OGA does their own backgrounds (cough..2015 OPM Hack..cough) so they know exactly who didn't do the most basic of record checks. This is BI 101 stuff - verify education. A school bus driver gets checked.

He applied x 3 - another red flag. CI should've been all over this BI from day 1. Then he's on a rocket ship for promotions. SES/SIS in 10 years? Virtually unheard of in any USG dept.

The same people that did his BI are now going over everything he touched/did. But of course this will be buried. "We investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing by ourselves" yada yada.

Never forget - "we lie for living" is more than a motto - its a way of life...

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2026-05-28 20:50|| 2026-05-28 20:50|| Front Page Top

11 …who doesn't have a security clearance?

I don’t imagine I have one, Chris, which is just as well. Keeping secrets is not my strength, so I prefer not knowing such things. Knowing things that are not secrets is a different story.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-05-28 23:17|| 2026-05-28 23:17|| Front Page Top

12 Chris, I had a low level one while I was in the service, but they aren’t portable and expire when you leave a job where they are required. Anyone with an active security clearance is unlikely to be sharing opinions in this type of forum. The folks with active clearances share their opinions in Georgetown bars after James O’Keefe gets them hammered.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-05-28 23:01|| 2026-05-28 23:01|| Front Page Top

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