The problem follows lax screening procedures under Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci, and follows GAO warnings that the NIH and other agencies ‘and surrogates inside universities,’ lack safeguards to protect American research
By Bob Unruh
A new secret investigation has been launched within the Trump administration of hundreds of scientists who are working inside the United States, but actually come from “countries of concern,” such as China, according to a new report from Just the News.
The publication reported its sources have confirmed the investigation into scientists that sometimes have accessed the United States by “using visas procured with the help of the National Institutes of Health and other federal research agencies.”
The concerns were heightened recently when “three Chinese scientists were arrested … trying to smuggle into America dangerous pathogens like fungi and roundworms capable of destroy crops.”
The absence of a review by prior administrations of whether scientists were linked to “actors” like the Chinese military or its Community Party triggered the review.
The report explained there could be as many as 1,000 scientists from those nations, mostly from China, who have been identified as working inside NIH alone.
“The Trump administration is committed to safeguarding America’s national and economic security. Taxpayer dollars should not and cannot fund foreign espionage against America’s industrial base and research apparatus,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Just the News.