A former spokesperson for the Drug Enforcement Administration and for Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) faked being a CIA agent and combat veteran to scam $4.4 million out of defense contractors, the Justice Department said on Thursday.
Grifters gotta grift. Skills learned at the DEA, INS, and spox for GOP rep in Florida, and the early days of Homeland Security. Loves the flag and his country, yep.
But according to a criminal information filed Thursday in the Eastern District of Virginia, prosecutors concluded that Courtney had spent years lying about being a CIA spy as part of an elaborate scam.
From beyond the grave, Chuck Barris yells, “Come On Dooooooown.”
Just saying. Something about having spent one’s career around the government makes those the most suspicious of what is actually the real story, because we’ve all seen things that the average person may never see.