Posted on 06/15/2026 6:10:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Friday declassified evidence showing that the United States government has funded more than 120 dangerous biolabs in over 30 countries, including 40 “especially dangerous” labs in war-torn Ukraine.
In a press release, the outgoing DNI stated that biolabs researching dangerous pathogens in Ukraine have been “at risk of compromise” due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Gabbard stressed that risky Gain-of-Function research is continuing in some overseas biolabs despite President Trump banning the practice.
Gain-of-function research is a scientific process that genetically alters an organism to give it a new property or enhance an existing one, typically to increase a virus’s transmissibility, virulence, or host range.
Leading up to the COVID pandemic, former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and the NIH funded research involving bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China, which many believe led to the release of SARS-CoV-2.
On May 25, 2025, Trump signed Executive Order 14292 to end federal funding of Gain-of-Function research around the world.
The EO states: “Dangerous gain-of-function research on biological agents and pathogens has the potential to significantly endanger the lives of American citizens. If left unrestricted, its effects can include widespread mortality, an impaired public health system, disrupted American livelihoods, and diminished economic and national security.”
Despite this, many of the taxpayer funded biolabs have continued to conduct research “using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, in some cases to include dangerous Gain-of-Function research, with very little visibility or oversight,” according to the DNI.
A newly declassified document alleges that over 40 biolabs in Ukraine have conducted research on “Especially Dangerous Pathogens (EDP),” including Anthrax, tuberculosis, Swine Fever, MERS, SARS, Marburg, Ebola, and the Plague.
“Until now, evidence regarding the full existence and funding of these laboratories had been knowingly withheld from the American people. The information surrounding the existence, history, locations and funding of these US funded biolabs has been intentionally covered up by powerful people falsely, claiming that they do not exist and accusing anyone who says otherwise to be foreign assets and traitors to America,” Gabbard stated.
The DNI added that she has issued new guidance to the Intelligence Community directing increased oversight and collection on overseas labs, and has already learned that new clinical trials are currently being conducted at some of these facilities, “raising significant ethical, financial, and security concerns regarding these supposed public health initiatives and U.S. national security.”
“Despite the obvious potential for catastrophic global impact research on dangerous pathogens in biolabs can have, politicians, so-called health professionals like Dr. Fauci, and entities within the Biden administration’s national security team lied to the American people about the existence of US-funded and supported biolabs, and threatened those who attempted to expose the truth,” she stated, stressing that ODNI will continue working with the US Intelligence Community “to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain to end dangerous Gain-of-Function research that threatens the health and wellbeing of the American people and people around the world.”
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We’re literally less than a decade removed from numerous government actors circumventing the law to continue illegal gain-of-function research, who then conspired to lie about it when the COVID pandemic began in earnest.
You cannot honestly expect people accept “oh, the government says the biolabs in Ukraine are on the level, you can trust them” at face value.
By the way, where exactly are you citing the information in italics from?
Said the poster who only became a Freeper 6 days ago.
What does that have to do with Tulsi Gabbard becoming a Republican only a few years ago?
Seems this one drug the Zeepers out of their sewer.
Presidential order banned gain of function, Gabbard does not state any lab in Ukraine was conducting such research.
That Chinese lab in California
Was illegal and not monitored by the US as labs are in Ukraine.
You ignored the point.
If Gabbard was honest and wanted to have a serious impact, she should have clearly stated exactly which labs in which countries conducted "Gain-of-Function research".
sanguine much?
No, because lower level labs in Ukraine are dealing with lower level pathogens, just like you local veterinary lab.
BSL-2 (Moderate Containment): The majority of Ukraine's public health and veterinary labs operate at BSL-2, which handles common moderate-risk agents like salmonella and HIV.
It was a bit more than that. There were (often coming from the same cast of characters):
1. Accusations of working for Putin
2. Denials there were biolabs until..
3. Victoria Nuland admits in Congress there were biolabs, then the story changes to the labs handle post Soviet bioweapons remainders (a version of Russia, Russia, Russia)
4. (Less seldom) Demands to ban users for spreading disinformation
5. As you said, claims of biolabs beind a conspiracy theory
6. Once it was undeniable there are biolabs, assertions of: they aren't used for bioweapons, gain of function
7. Casting of doubt on Gabbard' declass and motives(despite Nuland admitting as much four years ago under oath).
The last one is a specialty of a handle with a six day sign up date.
despite President Trump banning the practice.
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This open rebellion and sedition by agency and black robes and sanctuary scofflaw politicians can only be stopped one way at this point.
All at once.
Trump must declare martial law and clean house.
It’s war in the open now anyways.
And you know for a fact what they are not doing on our dime that they can't get away with domestically.
I see.
And what happens the next time a Rat is in office?
Or are you just going to declare “our side” in office forever?
The public is fickle particularly when times get good. Rats will be in office again.
If Gabbard was honest and wanted to have a serious impact, she should have clearly stated exactly which labs in which countries conducted "Gain-of-Function research".
Instead, the rest of her release is a nothing burger.
We have a government within a government.
So arrest and charge someone....jeeze.
Dem/repub is in the rear view mirror .
It’s now Marxists verses patriots.
Those Marxist and or organized criminals ‘ rats’ ,Dem or rino or robe or bureaucrat,, that have stood tribunal and had their crimes exposed and been convicted and sentenced won’t be around to hold any office, they will be behind bars and permanently banned from office or any gov position or employment.
Great post. This is 100% correct.
There you have a point, but for the contention of dishonesty: Nothing she said was false. YOU may think it was misrepresentation, but I still haven't seen from you anything indicating full knowledge of what is being done in those labs.
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