A former CIA official accused of stashing millions in gold bars at his Virginia home is a "master manipulator" who lied to his neighbours about being a pilot and leveraged his "access to seniority", US prosecutors say. Siding with the federal government, a judge on Friday ruled David Rush, 49, was a severe flight risk with the means and motive to evade detection, and must remain in jail until his trial. His defence pushed back on "sensational" allegations against him, arguing that some claims "