华盛顿 — 一名高级中情局官员在联邦特工发现他在家中藏有约600磅的金条后被逮捕，他于周二根据与联邦检察官的协议认罪一项电诈罪。大卫拉什自5月19日被捕以来一直关押。联逦特特工声称他多年来虚构了自己的教育背景和军事服务记录，骗过了美国最顶尖的间谍机构。拉什的律师拒绝发表评论。联逦特官员声称，调查人员在拉什的家中扣押了约300根金条，以及约200万美元的美钞和35块奢侈手表。
WASHINGTON — A high-ranking CIA officer arrested after federal agents said they found roughly 600 pounds of gold bars stashed in his home pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of wire fraud under an agreement with federal prosecutors. David Rush has been in jail since his arrest on May 19. Federal agents alleged he had made up details about his education and military service record, fooling the nation’s top spy agency for years. Rush’s lawyers declined to comment. Investigators seized about 300 gold bars at Rush’s home, federal officials alleged, along with about $2 million in U.S. currency and 35 luxury watches.
更严重的指控也围绕着拉什展开，他在中情局科学技术司担任要职时拥有访问该国最秘密项目的权限。据熟悉该工作的人士告诉NBC新闻，他曾担任国防部涉密军事项目的联络官，并与国防部副部长史蒂夫费因伯克斯密切合作。据消息人士告诉NBC新闻，拉什还被指控虚构了一个顶级机密项目用于个人用途。截至周二为止，这名现已离职的官员正式面临一项盗窃公款罪的指控，被指操纵工资记录。
More serious allegations have swirled around Rush, who had access to the nation’s most secret programs in his job at the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology. He worked as a liaison to the Pentagon for sensitive military programs and worked closely with the Defense Department’s powerful second in command, Steve Feinberg, people familiar with the work have told NBC News. Rush was also accused of making up a top secret program for his own personal use, sources have told NBC News. Until Tuesday, the now-ex-officer had only formally been charged with one count of theft of public funds, accused of falsifying pay records.
他尚未被提审，因担心逃出国境，一直被关押。他在被捕前某段时间内被记事，最终被中情局解雇。拉什的辩护团队和检方最近曾向政府请求更多时间处理可能达成的协议。拉什的认罪协议意味着，关于他所涉嫌编造的事情或与国防部的合作等更严重的问题可能不会公诸于世。由于涉及大量机密信息，其中文禁令已生效，案件律师们即使在协议完成后也不得公开释放有关该案的敏感信息。
He had not yet been arraigned in the case and has been held behind bars since his arrest on concerns he’d flee the country. He was placed on leave sometime before his arrest and eventually fired from the CIA. Rush’s defense team and prosecutors had recently asked for more time from the government to work on a possible agreement. Rush’s agreement means that none of the more serious questions about his alleged fabrications or his work with the Defense Department will likely become public. There’s a protective order in place that bars lawyers on the case from publicly releasing sensitive information about it even after it was completed, in part because of the volume of classified information involved.
地区法官迈克尔·纳赫曼诺夫批准了这笔交易。他的判刑日期定为1月28日。这起案件在国会议员和封闭的情报机构中引发了一股震惊和焦虑的浪潮。如何能够让某人在几十年间欺骗政府的最高层，又如何通过被认为是严格的背景审查进入中央情报局？据美国官员和熟悉调查的人士称，情报界的监督机构正在另行进行调查。
U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff approved the deal. His sentencing was set for Jan. 28. The case prompted a wave of shock and anxiety among lawmakers and within the insular spy agency. How could someone may have fooled the highest levels of government for decades, and how might he have gotten past what is considered a rigorous vetting process to join the CIA? The intelligence community’s watchdog is separately investigating, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the probe.
这起案件还将聚光灯投向了拉什与费因伯格的关系，正如NBC新闻报道的那样。据四位熟悉视频的人士称，FBI查看了一段显示拉什和费因伯格在一所与联邦政府有联系的华盛顿地区住所的视频。据两位熟悉调查的人士称，FBI已就此事对费因伯格进行了面试，但尚未指控其有任何不当行为，并且该局表示他不在调查之列。
The case also has cast a spotlight on Rush’s relationship with Feinberg, as NBC News reported. The FBI reviewed video showing Rush and Feinberg at a residence in the Washington region that is linked to the federal government, according to four people familiar with the video. Feinberg has been interviewed by the FBI, according to two people familiar with the investigation, but has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and the bureau said he is not under investigation.
没有迹象表明费因伯格知道拉什的所谓伪造行为。五角大楼发言人表示，费因伯格和拉什并不亲近。
There’s no indication that Feinberg knew of Rush’s alleged fabrications. A Pentagon spokesman has said Feinberg and Rush were not close.