CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign official

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A high-ranking CIA officer arrested after federal agents found roughly 600 pounds of gold bars stashed in his home also disclosed details about a secret U.S. intelligence source to a foreign official, prosecutors said Tuesday during his plea hearing. David Rush, 49, admitted to one count of wire fraud under an agreement with federal prosecutors and faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 28. Justice Department officials said Rush siphoned off $194 million in government funds, using his position at the CIA to create an elaborate scheme designed to facilitate his “maximum self-enrichment at the expense of the United States.” In a plea document, Rush admitted that in late 2025 he disclosed “certain descriptive information of a U.S. government clandestine human source” that could “endanger the safety and life of the human source and the U.S.