How we reported the saga of the CIA officer and his gold-bar stash

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Senior homeland security correspondent Julia Ainsley and her team have been bringing us detail after unbelievable detail about a CIA officer accused of an elaborate scheme that cost taxpayers nearly $200 million. There’s much more to the story of the man once compared to Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in “Catch Me If You Can.” Also, chief data correspondent Steve Kornacki texts with me about the must-watch race for the Senate in Texas. Let’s get into it. The details are the stuff of spy novels, and yet the story of David Rush is real life.