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FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

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Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#91

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sometimes i wonder if the left hand knows what the right is doing. it looks like we arrested our own spy in this case: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/25/american-journalist...

The CIA director requested the FBI intervene. This is almost certainly not a fuckup.

This could also be internal politics intentional designed to burn someone for pissing off the wrong people. That shit happens.

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#92

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

The type of people Intelligence agencies need and use to accomplish their goals are also the type of people who tend to do these things.

What a disingenuous way of thinking. Not falling for this is the basis of much religious text by the way. Splitting baby in the middle, etc.

But on the other hand, being a useful fool that blindly does anything for profit, Do seem in line with the people working in tech for the last decade.

Yes, the CIA is a corrupt today as "tech". And no that is not ok nor required, or it ever was like that.

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#93

That's ~280kg of gold if anyone wonders

The article says "approximately 303 gold bars, each of which weighed approximately one kilogram" I guess the gold bars aren't uniformly sized, which would agree with your ~280kg number.

Or the chain of custody lost some 20 bars?

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The type of people Intelligence agencies need and use to accomplish their goals are also the type of people who tend to do these things.

What a disingenuous way of thinking. Not falling for this is the basis of much religious text by the way. Splitting baby in the middle, etc. But on the other hand, being a useful fool that blindly does anything for profit, Do seem in line with the people working in tech for the last decade. Yes, the CIA is a corrupt today as "tech". And no that is not ok nor required, or it ever was like that.

lol "the extralegal spy agency has become as corrupt as the search engines!"

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The type of people Intelligence agencies need and use to accomplish their goals are also the type of people who tend to do these things.

What a disingenuous way of thinking. Not falling for this is the basis of much religious text by the way. Splitting baby in the middle, etc. But on the other hand, being a useful fool that blindly does anything for profit, Do seem in line with the people working in tech for the last decade. Yes, the CIA is a corrupt today as "tech". And no that is not ok nor required, or it ever was like that.

All spies are bastards. That's sort of their job. In the CIA it might speak more ill of the guy who was arrested that he was arrested than that he (allegedly) inflated his credentials and might have bilked the military for leave pay.

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a disingenuous way of thinking. Not falling for this is the basis of much religious text by the way. Splitting baby in the middle, etc. But on the other hand, being a useful fool that blindly does anything for profit, Do seem in line with the people working in tech for the last decade. Yes, the CIA is a corrupt today as "tech". And no that is not ok nor required, or it ever was like that.

lol "the extralegal spy agency has become as corrupt as the search engines!"

spies (and specially counter spies*) have a place in a State.

My point was about the populous eating up the inevitability of those entities being above the law by default.

* but is is sad we destroyed the most important part we can't even catch lowly thieves like this

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What a disingenuous way of thinking. Not falling for this is the basis of much religious text by the way. Splitting baby in the middle, etc. But on the other hand, being a useful fool that blindly does anything for profit, Do seem in line with the people working in tech for the last decade. Yes, the CIA is a corrupt today as "tech". And no that is not ok nor required, or it ever was like that.

All spies are bastards. That's sort of their job. In the CIA it might speak more ill of the guy who was arrested that he was arrested than that he (allegedly) inflated his credentials and might have bilked the military for leave pay.

Yeah, that's why in a functioning State you have means to control the damage. But now we seem to have accepted it is a free for all and just throw ours helpless hands in the air and hope we are next to enjoy the criminal bonanza at some point.

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#98

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

How porous is the approving manager/chain that someone can request 300kg of gold bars and no one knows why and they just approve it any way.

Imagine if government approvals were that easy for things the country actually needed, like safe nuclear energy and bullet trains.

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#99

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

How porous is the approving manager/chain that someone can request 300kg of gold bars and no one knows why and they just approve it any way.

I imagine a big difference is at most jobs the worst that will happen is you get fired, at the CIA you go to jail for the rest of your life.

Re: FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

#100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All spies are bastards. That's sort of their job. In the CIA it might speak more ill of the guy who was arrested that he was arrested than that he (allegedly) inflated his credentials and might have bilked the military for leave pay.

Yeah, that's why in a functioning State you have means to control the damage. But now we seem to have accepted it is a free for all and just throw ours helpless hands in the air and hope we are next to enjoy the criminal bonanza at some point.

Don't worry, this happens in functioning states, too. Well, the bastard spies part, at least.
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