by: vostrocity

How porous is the CIA's interview process that they couldn't validate the guy's military discharge status?

5/28/2026, 1:12:15 AM

by: hnthrowaway0315

Maybe this is part of the shadow money. CIA has been working with business people since the beginning of Cold War and I wouldn't be surprised that they have deep roots in the financial world -- after all both Intelligence and Finance need globalization.

5/28/2026, 1:09:52 AM

by: JSR_FDED

I guess Kash Patel now has a party slush fund.

5/28/2026, 1:10:14 AM

by: JumpCrisscross

Huh. I’m actually glad to see the IC fragmenting like this.

5/28/2026, 1:22:03 AM

by: AmazingEveryDay

This seems absolutely crazy. Probably Fort Knox should be inventoried, might indeed not be anything there!

5/27/2026, 11:33:28 PM

by: delichon

A couple of weeks ago there was a story that the CIA raided the office of the director of the NSA and seized information regarding the CIA. Trump was in China at the time. About a week later the NSA director resigns. I waited for it to turn into a major story and get some kind of explanation, but silence.<p>It seems like an extraordinary story and I don&#x27;t understand why there isn&#x27;t a hullabaloo. Did I hallucinate it? Who runs this country?

5/28/2026, 1:11:16 AM

by: sleepyguy

Sounds like he was most likely involved in some serious shit that was off the books and somehow it came to light. His boss is probably aware of what it was but no one will admit shit. It went awry and he is left holding the bag.<p>Gold and money for an operation that could have been to anything from funding armed rebellion to god only knows.

5/28/2026, 12:35:54 AM

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5/27/2026, 11:27:42 PM

by: johnea

&gt; millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses.<p>Hey, handing over millions of $$s to local warlords is a business expense...

5/28/2026, 1:19:42 AM

by: contingencies

CIA: <i>Corruption Institute of America</i>

5/28/2026, 1:07:10 AM

by: simpaticoder

So what is that, like 10 gold bars?<p>EDIT: it&#x27;s 240. but still, they were worth a lot less not that long ago...

5/28/2026, 12:58:17 AM

by: mlmonkey

Gold is the &quot;bitcoin&quot; of yesterday, in the sense that it is untraceable, anonymous and yet high value enough to be worth it.<p>And it can be made to disappear in a hurry, if you have to: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;sections&#x2F;krulwich&#x2F;2011&#x2F;10&#x2F;03&#x2F;140815154&#x2F;dissolve-my-nobel-prize-fast-a-true-story" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;sections&#x2F;krulwich&#x2F;2011&#x2F;10&#x2F;03&#x2F;140815154&#x2F;d...</a>

5/28/2026, 12:59:35 AM