Former Deputy DNI Amaryllis Fox Kennedy Accuses CIA of Systemic Financial Mismanagement

Amaryllis Fox Kennedy told the Wall Street Journal on June 4 that she resigned last month from her post as OMB associate director over 18 intelligence agencies because she refused to keep approving unsupervised movement of money and gold 123. Kennedy, who also held concurrent posts as deputy director of national intelligence and a member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, alleged those agencies were "stonewalling elected leaders" and using "covert resources to affect political outcomes" 13. She cited the FBI's arrest of CIA officer David Rush, in whose Virginia home agents found more than 300 gold bars worth at least $40 million, described in a court affidavit as for "work-related expenses" 12. The CIA called her allegations "totally false," stating it fully informs oversight committees on resources and expenditures 12.