From Conspiracy Theory to Official Reality: Tulsi Gabbard Confirms U.S.-Funded Biolabs Network

Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s acknowledgment of years-long U.S. funding for over 120 biolabs in 30 countries has turned yesterday’s “conspiracy theory” into today’s official reality.

We Hate to Say “We Told You So”—Actually, No We Don’t!

The obvious question is not simply what these facilities are, but why so much effort was allegedly devoted to dismissing or discrediting those who raised questions about them. If the existence and funding of these laboratories are now being publicly acknowledged, then many of the people who spent years insisting the entire topic was imaginary owe the public an explanation, and the victims of their campaigns of character assassination an apology.

For years, anyone questioning the existence of U.S.-funded biological laboratories in countries such as Ukraine and Georgia was ridiculed, censored, or dismissed as a purveyor of “Russian disinformation.”

Reporting from Tbilisi, I spent years documenting what I argued was a network of Pentagon-funded laboratories operating behind a veil of secrecy under the banner of public and animal health. The response from the political and security establishment—and much of the media—was predictable: denial, character attacks, physical assaults, detentions in both Georgia and the United States upon arrival, for questioning, and repeated assurances that there was “nothing to see here.”

I can claim at this stage, with a high degree of confidence, and a smile on my face, this is only the beginning—just the tip of the iceberg. Laboratories in Georgia and Ukraine, even some in Africa, have long conducted research involving especially dangerous pathogens (EDPs), and that public-facing narratives have obscured the true scope of these programs.

The roles of organizations such as Metabiota, Bechtel, and national and international NGOs have all been falsely argued that they have not served functions that reach beyond humanitarian or public health initiatives. Such claims remain contested, and many have not been independently established, but they form a central part of the broader debate now reignited by Gabbard’s disclosures.

Having personally accessed many closed documents, design and redesign plans, researched the hidden history, chased the funding trails, heard the denials, and made the links to Georgian and foreign intelligence services, including US Naval Intelligence, I was able to get to know the MO of the people who spent years telling the public that asking questions itself was the problem.

If recent official disclosures have shifted the conversation, then it is worth asking whether yesterday’s “conspiracy theory” has become today’s uncomfortable headline, not to mention truth—and who has benefited from insisting otherwise.

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