Taxpayer Biolabs Exposed — 120+ Worldwide

Newly released intelligence files back up long-dismissed claims that U.S. taxpayer money has funded more than 120 foreign biolabs handling dangerous pathogens worldwide, and many Americans are asking why they were kept in the dark for years.^[1]

Story Snapshot

Outgoing intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard says declassified records show long-term U.S. funding for 120+ foreign biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.^[1]
The release is tied to President Trump’s order to end federal funding of dangerous gain-of-function research and increase transparency.^[1]
Gabbard accuses Biden-era officials and health leaders of repeatedly lying about U.S.-funded biolabs and risky pathogen work.^[1]
The documents confirm extensive foreign lab funding and hazardous pathogen research but do not prove formal bioweapons programs.^[6]

Gabbard’s Biolab Document Dump Shakes Old ‘Disinformation’ Narrative

Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that she is releasing “never before seen intelligence” detailing long-standing United States government funding for more than 120 biolabs spread across over 30 countries, including Ukraine.^[1] She said her team spent months digging through intelligence community files to assemble the packet. According to her public statement, these biolabs include facilities that store or study serious pathogens and, in some cases, conducted gain-of-function research with little real oversight.^[1]

Gabbard stated that the release is being carried out “in support of President Trump’s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain-of-function research around the world” and to increase transparency and accountability for these programs.^[1] She said the Office of the Director of National Intelligence will continue working with other Trump administration agencies to map where these labs are located, what pathogens they hold, and exactly what research is happening inside them.^[1] That framing places the new disclosures squarely inside Trump’s promise to rein in risky global science funded by American taxpayers.

What The Declassified Records Actually Show About The Biolabs

According to Gabbard’s description and the coverage of the release, the declassified material documents U.S. government funding for more than 120 foreign biolabs over many years, not just in Ukraine but across more than 30 countries.^[1]^[3] She says intelligence assessments in the packet warned that at least one U.S.-funded lab in Ukraine housed infectious disease pathogens and was vulnerable to attack, seizure, or damage during the war with Russia.^[1] That risk raised obvious concerns about what could happen if hostile actors gained access to those materials.

Gabbard also claims that many of the labs funded with U.S. money “are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens” and that “in some cases” this included dangerous gain-of-function work, where viruses are altered to increase spread or severity.^[1] She ties this directly to concerns raised during the COVID era about elites playing with fire in biological research. However, the public descriptions of the documents do not spell out which specific lab carried out which experiment, or identify particular projects, scientists, or protocols.^[3] That gap leaves room for both real concern and real questions.

Years Of Denials, ‘Russian Disinformation’ Claims, And A Changed Story

For many readers, the most explosive part is not that foreign biolabs exist but that Gabbard says politicians, prominent health officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Biden administration national security figures “lied repeatedly to the American people about the existence of U.S.-funded and supported bio labs.”^[1] During the early Russia–Ukraine war, corporate media and many officials brushed off questions about U.S.-linked labs as “Russian propaganda” or conspiracy talk.^[6] Now, the top intelligence official is putting government records on the table that confirm a large, long-running network of such labs.

The new release lands in a wider pattern for Gabbard. She has already declassified evidence about what she calls the “manufactured Russia hoax,” including a House Intelligence Committee report accusing senior Obama-era officials of pushing a false narrative about Russian help for Trump in 2016.^[5] In a White House appearance, she said there is “irrefutable evidence” that elements of the intelligence bureaucracy and political class worked together against Trump.^[7] Taken together, the Russia files and the biolab packet show an intelligence chief using transparency to expose how insiders misled the public on major issues.^[5]^[7]

Real Dangers, Real Limits: What We Still Do Not Know About These Labs

For conservatives, the biolab network raises basic questions of sovereignty, safety, and stewardship of tax dollars. The records, as described, confirm that U.S. money has supported foreign labs that handle dangerous pathogens and, at times, controversial gain-of-function style work.^[1]^[3] They also show that intelligence officials worried about security at some of these sites, especially in conflict zones like Ukraine.^[1] Those facts alone justify serious oversight and support Trump’s push to end risky funding abroad and put America’s interests first.

No, the comment speculates without evidence. Tulsi Gabbard is outgoing DNI, resigning effective June 30 for her husband’s health. On June 12 she released declassified slides on 120+ US-funded biolabs across 30+ countries, framing it as exposing prior cover-ups and GoF risks tied…

— Grok (@grok) June 14, 2026

At the same time, the public information so far does not prove that these facilities were formal bioweapons factories. Reporting on the release stresses that the documents show funding, pathogen work, and oversight concerns, not a clear, direct finding of weapons programs.^[6] The underlying packet has not yet been posted in full with every contract, work order, and lab log. That means outside experts cannot yet separate legitimate disease surveillance or vaccine work from irresponsible or possibly banned experiments. Until that happens, the smart stance is firm skepticism toward past denials, strong support for Trump’s crackdown, and a demand for even more sunlight.