Gabbard Reveals Declassified Records of U.S.-Funded Biolabs Abroad

Gabbard Reveals Declassified Records of U.S.-Funded Biolabs Abroad

Back in May, then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard launched an investigation into more than 120 biological laboratories abroad that were allegedly funded by U.S. taxpayer dollars, as part of an effort to end potentially risky experiments with viruses pursuant to President Trump’s executive order on so-called “gain-of-function” research.

Gabbard told The Post Monday in a statement that her team is going “to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain and what ‘research’ is being conducted to end dangerous gain-of-function research that threatens the health and wellbeing of the American people and the world.”

“The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the catastrophic global impact research on dangerous pathogens in biolabs can have,” the spy chief also said.

“Yet despite these obvious dangers, 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 these US-funded and supported biolabs and threatened those who attempted to expose the truth.”

Shortly after, she resigned her position to care for her husband, who was diagnosed with a rare sacral chordoma.

However, on Friday, she announced the results of that investigation on social media.

“After months of searching through intelligence community holdings and files, today I’m releasing new evidence of long-standing U.S. government funding of more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries.

Now these bio labs include labs in places like Ukraine, which could be at risk for compromise due to the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war. In fact, the Intelligence Community had previously warned that a U.S.-funded biolab in Ukraine likely housed dangerous pathogens and remained vulnerable to long-standing threats of Russian attack, seizure or damage.

Now until now, evidence regarding the full existence and funding of these laboratories had been knowingly withheld from the American people.Many of these U.S.-government funded biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens and, in some cases, included dangerous gain-of-function research with very little visibility or oversight.

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function… pic.twitter.com/RkPHnAbka9

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) June 12, 2026

The document offered by Gabbard was declassified in April 2026, analyzing “Concerns with CTR Supported Labs in Ukraine.” It focuses on Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR)–supported labs, their pathogen holdings, and how U.S. funding related to research and biological warfare (BW) has been directed.

The slides state that there are “over 40 labs built and supported” in Ukraine under this framework. These labs are described as storing “BW pathogens from [the] Soviet era” and acting as repositories for a wide range of “especially dangerous pathogens” and other disease-causing agents.

The pathogen list explicitly includes anthrax, tularemia, tuberculosis, swine fever, Newcastle disease, MERS, SARS, Marburg, Ebola, Lassa, plague, and various rickettsial agents. The document also notes a U.S.-supported “Especially Dangerous Pathogen (EDP) Certification” and U.S.-provided training for Ukrainian scientists to work safely in bio-containment.

However, the slides do not show any evidence that the pathogens were actually part of biological weapons development.

The slides, however, leave significant gaps. They do not provide direct evidence that the facilities are engaged in offensive biological weapons development, even as they reference allegations to that effect.

The briefing is also limited in scope, with redactions and high-level summaries that do not fully detail oversight structures, the exact nature of all research being conducted, or how widespread any identified biosafety concerns might be.

Taken together, the material documents the existence of a U.S.-backed biological research infrastructure in Ukraine and outlines the risks associated with it—particularly in a wartime and information warfare context—while stopping short of substantiating more serious claims about illicit weapons activity.

“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,” Gabbard said in a press release.

While there may not have been weapons development, gain-of-function work certainly was conducted despite the risks. Gabbard indicated that was the thrust of the concern related to this revelation, in addition to revealing to the public the breadth and scope of the disinformation campaign denying the existence of these facilities.

So this release today breaks new ground as the information surrounding the existence, history, locations, and funding of these U.S.-funded biolabs has been intentionally covered up by very powerful people who falsely claimed that these biolabs didn’t exist.

Now they accuse anyone who says otherwise to be foreign assets and traitors to America.

Now ODNI and I will continue working closely with partners across the U.S. government to identify exactly where these labs are and what pathogens they contain, to end dangerous gain-of-function research that threatens the health and well-being of the American people and people around the world.”

In 2022 Jen Psaki was asked about claims that we were operating biolabs in Ukraine. She denied the existence of "bioweapons" programs and then called the whole thing Russian disinformation. pic.twitter.com/LZYUJ6oxbj

— MAZE (@mazemoore) June 12, 2026

Even absent evidence of weapons programs, the presence of dangerous pathogens and controversial research practices highlights the need for stringent oversight, clear accountability, and international standards that prioritize biosafety above all else.

After the profound societal, economic, and human toll of from the laboratory-generated “novel coronavirus”, the hope is that lessons learned will drive more responsible governance of high-risk biological research so that the world never again faces a pandemic disaster caused by preventable lapses in judgment or control by so-called “experts”.

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