On Thursday, Hot Air posted an article about the arrest of David Rush, an ex-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official. Not only was he charged with the theft of $40 million in gold bars, it has been revealed that his job application to the CIA included fake credentials. Doesn’t the CIA bother to check the information on their job applications? David Rush was hired in 2009 when Leon Panetta was CIA Director.

The article reports:

No doubt, most people will be amazed that David Rush managed to steal $40 million in gold bars from the CIA. After all, each bar weighs over 27 pounds, so you can’t just walk out with them, and if the reports are true, he managed to steal them right under the bureaucrats’ watchful eyes.

He requisitioned them. He actually requisitioned them. You have to admit that was a ballsy move, and in itself it shows that something very very wrong is happening at our nation’s premier intelligence agency.

The article concludes:

We all expect the CIA itself to engage in dishonesty, but we also expect the agency to be good at rooting it out, given that it is in the business of intelligence and of committing fraud against our adversaries.

But no, apparently not. The agency hired a guy who faked his resume. Three different resumes, each more dishonest than the last.

And then hid the fact from those doing background checks and security screenings to ensure that we could trust him with our nation’s secrets. That was the primary part of his job.

Remember, this guy was high enough to requisition $40 million in gold and get it. For “work-related expenses.”

If that doesn’t frighten you, what would?

How did this man get past the basic employee screening process and the security clearance process?