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2026-10-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-

CIA Agent Pleads Guilty In Massive 195 Million Dollar Intelligence Fraud Case

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-10-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [142 views ] Top
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1 Any chance this case is related to the German Spy chief getting arrested this week?

Posted by Airandee 2026-10-07 05:54|| 2026-10-07 05:54|| Front Page Top

2 This guy was so deep inside covert (sketchy) CIA stuff, the DOJ dropped a bazillion other charge options and gave him a plea deal for a single count of wire fraud.

Rush appears to have been in the center of a rather well developed.... 'control problem.' How convenient, the wire fraud deal. Time behind bars?
Doubtful. Untimely death? Quite likely.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-07 06:27|| 2026-10-07 06:27|| Front Page Top

3
Reason for the arrest?

The DC Swamp does not like competition

Posted by NN2N1 2026-10-07 06:35|| 2026-10-07 06:35|| Front Page Top

4 @#3. https://www.foxnews.com/world/former-german-spy-chief-arrested-suspicion-espionage-attempted-treason

Posted by Airandee 2026-10-07 06:39|| 2026-10-07 06:39|| Front Page Top

5 Ukraine. They don’t want it mentioned.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-10-07 07:17|| 2026-10-07 07:17|| Front Page Top

6 /\ Reason for the arrest?

The operation/program was likely NOT coordinated with the FBI. Operational fratricide, most embarrassing indeed.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-10-07 09:53|| 2026-10-07 09:53|| Front Page Top

7 Does the wire fraud charge also include assets forfeiture?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-10-07 13:58|| 2026-10-07 13:58|| Front Page Top

8 Yes - all of it

Posted by Frank G 2026-10-07 14:10|| 2026-10-07 14:10|| Front Page Top

Image is from the CTH article. Note the precise packaging of the gold and cash, almost as if it was sorted for pre-determined pickup. There is so much more to this story, and the 3 pages of comments hint at Ukraine, protection of other programs, the ludicrous background check failures in the open source press as cover for deeper feeder programs into he agency. Worth read...

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-10-07 14:57|| 2026-10-07 14:57|| Front Page Top

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