Outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified info on 120 foreign biolabs

WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released declassified information Friday on US taxpayer funding of more than 120 biological labs in 30 plus foreign countries — with the outgoing spy chief blasting Biden administration officials for having “lied” about their existence.“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 U.S.-funded and supported biolabs, and threatened those who attempted to expose the truth,” Gabbard said.“ODNI will continue to work closely with partners across the government 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,” she added.The Post first reported on the findings last month, noting that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had sought transparency as part of an effort to eliminate possibly dangerous experiments with pathogens that have the potential to explode into pandemics.Experts have disputed that the Biden administration covered up the existence of the labs or that their work poses a threat to the US.The investigation was conducted pursuant to President Trump’s executive order on so-called “gain-of-function” research, which can make viruses and other pathogens more transmissible.“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,” ODNI said in its press release.Around one-third of the biolabs cited in the declassified documents are located in Ukraine, putting them at risk of “compro...