Gabbard Declassifies Records on 120-Plus U.S.-Funded Biolabs in 30 Countries
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
Gabbard Declassifies Records on 120-Plus U.S.-Funded Biolabs in 30 Countries
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
Summary
More than 120 laboratories across 30-plus countries were detailed in records declassified by outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard, who said the files show U.S.-backed overseas bioresearch was not fully disclosed to the public.
More than 40 of those labs were in Ukraine, according to ODNI slides, with documents saying they held dangerous bacteria and viruses and that Ukrainian scientists received U.S.-funded training to handle hazardous pathogens.
Pathogens listed in the laboratory network included anthrax, tuberculosis, plague, Ebola, Marburg, MERS and SARS, while one Kharkiv veterinary lab funded through a Pentagon threat-reduction program reportedly stored hundreds of Brucella samples.
U.S. taxpayers spent roughly $1.7 million to $3.5 million on individual Ukrainian lab projects, the records show, with Black & Veatch identified as a major contractor for construction and upgrades in places including Kherson and Odesa.
The release revives a dispute that intensified after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine: Gabbard says it validates concerns once labeled misinformation, while critics say the labs were public-health and nonproliferation programs, not weapons efforts.