

David J. Rush, a former CIA official accused of inflating his salary and later found with about 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, has reached a tentative plea agreement with federal prosecutors, court records show.

David J. Rush, a former CIA official accused of inflating his salary and later found with about 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, has reached a tentative plea agreement with federal prosecutors, court records show.
Back home, a plea deal means a fine and a book tour. Three hundred gold bars, and nobody counts pennies in Washington.