Posted by H.V.O.M at 7:34 PM Thursday, July 26, 2007
As I think more about the American POW situation during the Vietnam War, I think I was being trained specifically in rescue operations with the U.S. Navy SEALs, as well being a U.S. Navy aviator. I was most likely a commissioned U.S. Navy officer during the Vietnam War, but I put that all behind me in 1978 to try to start over with a regular career for my age. However, based on my past experience with the U.S. military and intellignce agencies, I maintained a higher level of seniority within the United States intelligence agencies, which continues to this day.
So anyway, I think I was captive in North Vietnam more than once, but the worst was at the Hanoi Hilton. I think I actually volunteered to go in there and assess the situation and I stayed in there for a while, possibly for at least 2 months, before I escaped and returned to friendly forces. I have been thinking I escaped at that specific time so I could make it back for the Apollo 16 launch on 4/16/1972, where I was feeling a lot more stressed on that flight than others, bcause I had a very difficult time escaping through hostile territory and they were really plastering me along the way with artillery and mortars.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-cia-official-arrested-40m-gold-bars-allegedly-found-inside-home/
CBS News
Ex-CIA official arrested after $40M in gold bars allegedly found inside his home
By Sarah N. Lynch, Olivia Gazis, James LaPorta
Updated on: May 28, 2026 / 6:27 PM EDT / CBS News
A former CIA official was arrested last week after FBI agents allegedly found $40 million worth of gold bars at his home while investigating whether he lied about his educational and military background
excerpts, read also:
https://hvom.blogspot.com/2026/05/today-is-05282026.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 01:22 AM
Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home
I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.
If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Today is 05/28/2026
From 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (operator and advanced technician, UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 14236 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/24/2004 ( ) is 14236 days
Dead Like Me
"Always"
s02e14
Georgia Lass.
All right, I got it.
I hired her last year, and let me tell you something. This Georgia Lass
Was the most fascinating woman you'd ever met?
She disturbed me, and I can't quite shake her. This is for the personnel files. I want you to bring me her file, and Millie
What?
The personnel files are for executives only. Remember, Georgia--
Jesus, I heard you the first three times.
[excerpts ends, by me, Kerry Burgess]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.596236/gov.uscourts.vaed.596236.13.0.pdf
of my original-work
Search Date variable: 12/07/1998
Lost
"Walkabout"
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired October 13, 2004
Quotes
Tour Agent: You misrepresented yourself.
Locke: I never lied.
Tour Agent: By omission, Mr. Locke.
From 3/18/1960 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Twilight Zone"::"Long Live Walter Jameson" ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 24176 days
24176 = 12088 + 12088
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/7/1998 ( as Kerry Burgess my first day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle until 02/06/2004, employed as technical accounts manager in Microsoft Premier Support for Enterprise and then Microsoft Premier Support for Developers ) is 12088 days
From 5/21/2006 ( by me, Kerry Burgess, excerpts from my private journal: Re: Journal May 21, 2006 - previously reported here - backstory ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 7311 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/8/1985 ( United States President Ronald Reagan and United States Public Law 99-145 authorizes the United States Prisoner of War Medal for the United States of America military forces AND from my official US Navy documents: "Navy Occupation/Training History: EMERGENCY CLOSURE/BOUNDARY ISOLATION" ) is 7311 days
From 11/7/2006 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, from my official United States of America Veterans Affairs psychiatric-hospital documents, the final appointment with the psychiatrist ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 7141 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/22/1985 ( premiere USA film "A View to a Kill" AND "Rambo: First Blood Part II" ) is 7141 days
From 12/12/1942 ( the fictional date setting 1946 film "Somewhere in the Night" ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 30482 days
30482 = 15241 + 15241
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/26/2007 ( ) is 15241 days
From 7/7/1995 ( return to Earth landing of the United States space shuttle Atlantis orbiter vehicle mission STS-71 - first docking of a USA NASA space-shuttle with the Russia Mir space-station ) To 5/27/2026 ( ) is 11282 days
11282 = 5640 + 5642
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/12/1981 ( first launch of USA space shuttle - STS-1 Columbia ) is 5640 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/14/1981 ( return to Earth - STS-1 Columbia ) is 5642 days
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-cia-official-arrested-40m-gold-bars-allegedly-found-inside-home/
CBS News
Ex-CIA official arrested after $40M in gold bars allegedly found inside his home
By Sarah N. Lynch, Olivia Gazis, James LaPorta
Updated on: May 28, 2026 / 6:27 PM EDT / CBS News
A former CIA official was arrested last week after FBI agents allegedly found $40 million worth of gold bars at his home while investigating whether he lied about his educational and military background, according to court records and sources familiar with the matter.
David Rush is currently being held in jail while both his defense attorneys and federal prosecutors "gather and evaluate additional information" to assist the court in determining whether he should remain detained, court filings say. They have jointly requested to postpone his detention hearing until June 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
In a joint statement from the FBI and CIA, both agencies said that Rush was arrested following a referral from the CIA, after an internal investigation identified "potential violations of law."
The CIA and FBI added they are continuing to investigate the matter.
Jessica Carmichael, a defense attorney representing Rush, declined to comment.
Rush was charged with one count of stealing public money. In an unusual criminal complaint, the FBI accuses Rush of taking the gold bars, "obtaining a fraudulently inflated salary and fraudulently obtaining military leave" and making a litany of false statements about his background. The complaint does not specify exactly what alleged conduct led to the charges.
Between November 2025 and March of this year, Rush allegedly made several requests to the government to obtain large amounts of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses, the complaint says.
Rush's employer at the time, which sources confirmed was the CIA, was not able to later locate the gold bars or determine their intended use.
When FBI agents searched his home on May 18, they found approximately 303 gold bars, in a value estimated to exceed $40 million, the complaint says. They also recovered $2 million in U.S. currency and 35 luxury watches.
The FBI also accused Rush of lying to the U.S. Navy when he enlisted in 1997 by providing them with transcripts and other records falsely indicating he had earned an undergraduate degree from Clemson University. Because of his ostensible degree, Rush was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserves in 2004 and was honorably discharged in 2015.
The complaint says he then applied for employment with the federal government three times, citing degrees from Clemson University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School. He also listed those schools when he applied for his security clearance.
Later, in 2018, he submitted an application to enter senior executive service and claimed to be a graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, as well as the current director of test for a 145-person, 18-aircraft joint Army/Navy weapons test organization, the complaint says.
"The FBI's investigation has revealed that Rush's applications contained false information about his education background and work with the United States military," the sworn statement accompanying the complaint says, noting that he did not graduate from Clemson or RPI, and never served as a pilot for the Navy.
The FBI also accused Rush of telling the government he was in the Navy Reserves even though he had been honorably discharged, allowing him to claim tens of thousands of dollars in compensation for military leave.
previously here excerpt original-work by me, Kerry Burgess
From 3/12/1942 ( during World War II Douglas MacArthur flees the Philippines and US Army major general Jonathan Wainwright assumes command ) To 1/11/1998 ( ) is 20394 days
20394 = 10197 + 10197
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/3/1993 ( the Battle of Mogadishu Somalia begins ) is 10197 days
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980111&slug=2728162
The Seattle Times
Sunday, January 11, 1998
Black Hawk Down -- An American War Story -- The Day U.S. Got Stung In Somalia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_(general)
Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)
From Wikipedia
Jonathan Mayhew "Skinny" Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. Wainwright was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his courageous leadership during the fall of the Philippines.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-58.html
NASA
Space Shuttle
STS-58
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Launched: October 18, 1993 10:53 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Landing: November 1, 1993. 07:05:42 a.m. PST
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/former-cia-officer-accused-stealing-300-gold-bars-sources-say-rcna347177
NBC News
Former CIA officer accused of stealing 300 gold bars, sources say
The longtime senior officer was also accused of lying about his background for nearly two decades, according to court documents.
May 27, 2026, 2:03 PM PDT
By Julia Ainsley, Dan De Luce and Gary Grumbach
WASHINGTON — A former CIA senior officer with top secret-level clearance has been accused of secretly stashing millions of dollars in gold bars in his home that he said he needed for “work-related expenses,” according to court documents and two people familiar with his employment history.
David Rush, who held a management position, was charged with criminal theft of public money in a complaint filed last week in the Eastern District of Virginia. His lawyer didn’t respond to a request for comment.
He was also accused of lying to his employers about his background for nearly two decades.
Asked about Rush’s case, a CIA spokesperson said in a joint statement with the FBI that the FBI had arrested a person after a referral from the agency.
“After a CIA internal investigation identified potential violations of the law, CIA Director John Ratcliffe referred the information to the FBI for a law enforcement investigation,” the written statement said. “The FBI is working closely with our partners at the CIA and the Department of Justice as we continue to investigate this matter fully. We are committed to following the facts, ensuring accountability, and pursuing justice in accordance with the law.”
The case raises questions about the effectiveness of the federal government’s security vetting, which is supposed to ensure intelligence officers or other government employees don’t betray the public trust or spy for foreign countries.
The U.S. government conducts background investigations on every prospective employee at the CIA and other agencies granted access to sensitive and secret information. And after employees are hired, the government continues to monitor their financial activities, travel, credit records and other information through automated checks to ensure they aren’t vulnerable to blackmail.
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which falls under the authority of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, oversees the background check program, known as “continuous vetting.” When the program flags a potential problem or anomaly in an employee’s records, officials investigate further.
It wasn’t clear how the investigation into Rush began, and it also wasn’t clear when he left the CIA. His home was raided last week.
Rush applied to work with the government three times; in his first application, he said he graduated from Clemson University in 2000. In his second application, he added that he had a graduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
On his third try, in 2009, he succeeded, and he included those degrees and an aircraft test from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, according to court documents. In applications for promotions, he said he’d been a thesis adviser at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Rush also told employers he was a pilot for the Navy.
None of it was true, according to the charges; he didn’t graduate from the schools, and investigators say the Federal Aviation Administration doesn’t have a certificate or a pilot’s license registered to Rush.
From November through March, Rush made several requests for funds, including for foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars, according to an affidavit filed in federal court by an FBI agent investigating the case.
In a storage space near his office, investigators found only a portion of the funds. On May 18, federal agents searched Rush’s home and seized roughly 300 gold bars worth more than $40 million, court documents said. Agents also seized about $2 million in U.S. currency and 35 luxury watches, mostly Rolexes, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit alleges Rush knowingly took part of the money he requested for work-related expenses to his home for personal gain.
The court filing didn’t specify which agency employed Rush, but the two people familiar with his employment history said he was with the CIA.
One of the people said most — if not all — of the funds, including foreign currency and the gold — were recovered.
IMDb
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Quotes
Trautman: What are you doing? Do you know what the hell you've done?
Murdock: Don't act so innocent, Colonel. You had your suspicions, and if you suspected then you're sort of an accessory aren't ya?
Trautman: Don't ever count me with you and your scum! It was a lie wasn't it? Just like the whole damn war, it was a lie!
Murdock: What are you talking about?
Trautman: That camp... was supposed to be empty. Rambo goes in, a decorated vet, he finds no POWs, the Congress buys it - case closed! And if he happens to get caught, nobody knows he's alive except you and your computers... and you can reprogram that can't you?
Murdock: Who the hell do you think you're talking to, Trautman?
Trautman: A stinkin' bureaucrat who's tryin to cover his ass!
Murdock: No, not just mine Trautman. We're talkin' about a nation here! Besides, it was your hero's fault. Now if your warrior had gone in and done what the hell he was supposed to do, we'd be out of this clean and simple. He was just supposed to take pictures!
Trautman: And if those pictures showed something they would have been... lost... wouldn't they?
Murdock: Oh Trautman, I still don't think you understand what this is all about.
Trautman: The same as it always is! Money! In '72 we were supposed to pay the Cong four-and-a-half billion in war reparations. We reneged, they kept the POWs... and you're doing the same thing all over again.
Murdock: And what the hell would you do, Trautman? Pay blackmail money to ransom our own men and finance the war effort against our allies? What if some burn-out POW shows up on the six o-clock news? What do you want to do... start the war all over again? You wanna bomb Hanoi? You want everybody screaming for armed invasion? Do you honestly think somebody's gonna get up on the floor of the United States Senate, and ask for billions of dollars for a couple of forgotten ghosts?
Trautman: Men, Goddamn it! Men... who fought for their country!
Murdock: That's enough! Trautman, I'm gonna forget this conversation ever took place.
Trautman: You bastard!
Murdock: And if I were you... I'd never make the mistake of bringing this subject up again.
Trautman: Oh you're the one who's making the mistake.
Murdock: Yeah? What mistake?
Trautman: Rambo.
previously here
by me, Kerry Burgess, 05/28/2026 6:09 PM
Baffling why they are broadcasting over public airwaves this stuff they know I will find
Whoever is doing knows how I think. They know what I look for.
Those people at the tv-studio do not seem intelligent enough to cause and to create this stuff I find
You won't know what that is by reading this note. A segment they broadcast over tv-antenna this later afternoon and into evening today, 05/27/2026
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 7:19 PM Pacific-timezone USA Thursday 05/28/2026
