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Tracing Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘Biolabs’ Documents Back to a Russian Disinformation Campaign

How Tulsi Gabbard reignited one of the most infamous conspiracy theories in world history.

In one of her last acts as Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard announced she was declassifying documents related to biolabs in Ukraine, which she falsely implied contained proof that the US has been funding “dangerous” gain of function research on infectious pathogens.

Gabbard also said the documents contain “never before seen” US intelligence — but the problem is, that intelligence has been seen before.

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Specifically, some of the slides Gabbard released have been seen previously in a Russian disinformation campaign.

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The Russian Origins of Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘Biolabs’ Documents

The Russian Origins of Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘Biolabs’ Documents

Outgoing Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard released intelligence documents recently that she claims show evidence of U.S. involvement in funding dangerous gain of function research on infectious pathogens at laboratories in Ukraine, but a look at the origin of these documents raises some disturbing questions about what exactly Gabbard is trying to do here.

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