168. Trump's New Director of National Intelligence and the CIA's Missing Gold Bars
6/18/20261 hr 3 min
Who is Trump's new Director of National Intelligence? Is the US Intelligence Community becoming increasingly politicised? And what's the story behind the CIA officer who has allegedly stolen millions of dollars in gold bars?
Listen as David and Gordon head inside some of the latest news stories coming out of the world of intelligence in the US.
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First 90 secondsDavid McCloskey· Host0:00
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Gordon Corera· Host0:17
[upbeat music] What is going on with the Trump administration and the US intelligence community, and how did a CIA officer wind up with $42 million in gold bars stashed at his Virginia home? Well, welcome to The Rest Is Classified. [laughs] I'm Gordon Corera.
David McCloskey· Host0:41
And I'm David McCloskey.
Gordon Corera· Host0:42
And this is a special kind of bonus newsy episode, which we're gonna release both to our club members, but also to the general audience as well, so do sign up if you wanna hear more of this kind of thing. But we thought we'd have a little look at what's going on inside the US intelligence community, David. We do this now and again because there's been a lot going on, it's fair to say. Some little questions about politicization and some big appointments at the top, but also this bizarre question, which I did think of when I first heard about it, this news story, about gold bars. And I can see some of them behind you, David.
David McCloskey· Host1:17
That's right. [laughs] That's right. Whenever you leave the CIA, Gordon, you're given 303 one kilogram gold bars and told to keep them safe- [laughs] ... you know, for the rest of your life. And in this case,