Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy pressed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the 10 U.S. scientists and contractors who are either missing or dead over the last two years.
These scientists and defense‑linked experts have ties to NASA, Los Alamos in New Mexico, fusion research, or nuclear weapons work. However, as of now, there is no confirmed official finding that these cases are connected.
But there are investigations on individual cases, as well as growing political and media pressure to look at them together, as Trump faced a question about the matter today:
DOOCY TIME: “There are these ten missing scientists with access to classified stuff, nuclear material, aerospace, they’ve all gone missing or turned up dead in the last couple months. Based on what you’ve been briefed, what do you think is happening here? And do you think that this is connected or totally random?”President Trump: “Well, I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half. I just left a meeting on that subject. So, pretty serious stuff. But we’re going to be hopefully, I don’t know, coincidence if you want whatever you want to call it, but some of them were very important people and we’re going to look at it over the next short period.”
Karoline Leavitt was asked about it yesterday:
PETER DOOCY: “There are now 10 American scientists who have either gone missing or died since mid 2024. They all reportedly had access to classified nuclear or aerospace material. Is anybody investigating this to see if these things are connected?”KAROLINE LEAVITT: “I’ve seen the report, Peter. I haven’t spoken to our relevant agencies about it. I will certainly do that, and we’ll get you an answer. If true, of course, that’s definitely something I think this government administration would deem work worth looking into. So let me do that for you.”
Let’s review the individual cases:
Members of the administration and Congress have taken note of these troubling developments.
Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker recently told the Daily Mail: ‘You can say these are all suspicious, and these are scientists who have worked in critical technology.’Swecker claimed that multiple foreign intelligence services, including enemies and allies of the US, have been targeting Americans possessing secrets of the nation’s technology for decades.’China, Russia, even some of our friends – Pakistan, India, Iran, North Korea – they target this type of technology,’ Swecker revealed.Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett told the Daily Mail in March: ‘There have been several others throughout the country that have disappeared under suspicious circumstances. I think we ought to be paying attention to it.’
While the circumstances surrounding these disappearances and deaths remain unclear, it is the shared hope of many that the missing scientists are found safe and healthy, and that their families soon find answers. As investigations continue, Americans also look for reassurance that the nation’s space, defense, and scientific programs remain secure, resilient, and uncompromised.
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