F.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home NYT | Top Stories By: Devlin Barrett and Julian E. Barnes 28 May 2026 at 05:01 The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars. © Tom Brenner for The New York TimesThe C.I.A. was “unable to locate the gold bars or significant amounts of the foreign currency,” the court papers charged.
How China May Have Sought to Recruit a House Aide to Spy on the U.S. NYT | China By: Dustin Volz 9 May 2026 at 17:01 A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.