Another Conspiracy Theory Proven True: US Biolabs

The Office of the Director of National Security issued a press release last Friday: "DNI Gabbard Reveals Evidence of U.S. Taxpayer-Funded Global Biolab Program." The press release indicates that an investigation was "revealing new evidence of longstanding United States government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries." Of these, 40 were in Ukraine. A few points from the release:

• "These biolabs include labs in Ukraine, which may be at risk of compromise due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. For example, the Intelligence Community previously warned that a US-funded biolab in Ukraine likely housed dangerous pathogens and remained vulnerable to longstanding threats of Russian attack, seizure, or damage."
• "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."
• "Many of these U.S. government-funded biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, in some cases to include dangerous Gain-of-Function research, with very little visibility or oversight."

In an article at Hot Air discussing this announcement, the author reminds us that "Vladimir Putin, among many of the excuses he used to justify his invasion of Ukraine, accused the United States of conducting biowarfare experiments on Ukrainian soil." 

    As soon as he made this accusation, it became forbidden to ask questions about US funding of biological research laboratories. 

    In fact, as they always do, the "fact checkers" swooped in to "debunk" all the claims that these labs existed as conspiracy theories. Because, as we know, if Vladimir Putin says something, it must be entirely false. 

Some of these fact checkers were NPR, NBC News, and, of all organizations, the ADL. Why would the ADL bother itself with this issue? It's not related to Israel, is it?

    In any event, quoting from a Fox News report, the Hot Air article also notes: "The records also show Ukrainian scientists received U.S.-funded training to work with hazardous pathogens and participated in a program focused on handling especially dangerous diseases. The documents list pathogens studied or stored within the laboratory network, including anthrax, tuberculosis, plague, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, MERS and SARS."