Study Finds 3,625 High-Containment Biolabs Worldwide — 73% Don’t Disclose Their Locations or Pathogen Activities

The U.S. houses 47% of global BSL-3 facilities — and 91.6% of countries operating them lack dual-use research oversight.

Unauthorized “basement biolabs” are undeniably dangerous. But risk is not limited to rogue operators. Government-run and NGO-run high-containment laboratories also handle some of the world’s most dangerous pathogens — and most operate within poorly enforced oversight frameworks.

A newly published global mapping study in the Journal of Public Health provides the most comprehensive count to date of Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) and Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratories worldwide. The numbers are striking — not just for scale, but for the massive oversight gaps.

The Global Count

3,625 total high-containment labs identified

3,515 BSL-3 laboratories

110 BSL-4 laboratories

149 countries have at least one BSL-3 lab

34 countries have at least one BSL-4 lab

This exceeds prior WHO and Global Biolabs estimates, reflecting rapid expansion and incomplete global tracking systems.

BSL-3 Labs

47.1% of all BSL-3 labs are in the United States

17.2% are in the United Kingdom

https://www.globalresearch.ca/3625-high-containment-biolabs-worldwide/5915099?doing_wp_cron=1770736324.2853970527648925781250

No contact for hours: Behind Netanyahu, IDF's failure to stop Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre

Enmity between the prime minister, defense minister, and the IDF chief prevented communication for hours as Hamas was murdering thousands and kidnapping hundreds in the early hours of Oct. 7.

When Hamas fired some 3,700 rockets, and its invasion force of around 5,600 men penetrated Israel's border at 119 different spots to take over a couple of dozen villages at 6:29 a.m. on October 7, Israel’s top officials went into shock.

While many of those same officials made a number of bold decisions over the course of the next two years, including against Iran, Hezbollah, and the Syrian Assad regime – and historians will need to weigh their accomplishments against their failures – all were drawn into the failure on October 7.

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others publicizing selective aspects of what happened that morning, we can now exclusively reveal the puzzle of the interactions of three of the country's central characters at the time: Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi.

The most important new takeaway is that the three did not speak until nearly four hours into the war, by which point hundreds of Israeli hostages had already been taken, and hundreds of Israelis had been killed. Why they did not speak earlier is part of the story that follows and likely part of a basic dysfunction that went beyond politics, which no one wants to address.

Also, we will give a response of sorts from Amit Saar, the former IDF intelligence analysis chief from 2021 to April 2024, who died of cancer on January 1, 2026, and whom Netanyahu attacked overnight for "rebelling" against him, though when Saar died, the prime minister gave him high compliments.

No generals in the room as Hamas massacred thousands in early hours of Oct. 7

Classified video footage of the IDF high command “pit,” which we viewed, showed that on October 7, not a single general was in the room. The midlevel officer in charge and his deputies were yelling at each other as reports of invasions flooded in. They had no overall defense plan.

Even a full hour into Hamas's invasion, at 7:30 a.m., the IDF high command only knew about approximately 40 percent of the penetrations into Israel from Gaza.

As of 10:00 a.m., hundreds of Israelis were already dead or kidnapped, and yet the IDF high command was still only aware of some 60 percent of border penetrations.

The Israeli military's top commanders did not really start to manage the nation’s defense until about 1:00 p.m, which was also around the time Netanyahu's first video to the public came out.

By that time, Hamas and Islamic Jihad had taken the overwhelming majority of the hostages, and most Israeli victims at places near the Gaza border, like Kfar Aza, Nir Oz, Beeri, and the Nova Music Festival, had already been murdered.

None of the top three officials made live public appearances in the early days, with IDF Chief Spokesman Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari is the only one to do so.

Gallant is the only top official who can say that even his staff did not receive any warning prior to the 6:29 a.m invasion.

Halevi knew most of the top three, though even he had a very incomplete picture. Between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m., Halevi's bureau chief woke him up to give him initial updates about a possible Hamas border threat.

He left his bedroom for his home study and wrote a few notes to enhance his level of alertness. He wrote to himself, “We cannot just convince ourselves that this is nothing.”

But he and the entire intelligence and defense apparatus were convinced that at most, Hamas was planning one small penetration into one village to try to take a few hostages.

Only months into the war would IDF intelligence inform Halevi that it had intercepted Hamas's "Walls of Jericho" mass-invasion plan more than a year before, since mid-level officials had dismissed it as a fantasy.

What might Halevi have done differently had he known about the plan?

Maybe something more, but maybe nothing, given that all of Israel was convinced that Hamas was deterred.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-886242

Foreign Election meddling!

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for the United Democracy Project, said.

If AIPAC has any regrets about pouring more than $2 million into opposing a candidate who calls himself pro-Israel - and ultimately lost to an anti-Israel opponent - it isn’t saying so. In fact, the pro-Israel group’s affiliated super PAC suggests it would do it again.

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for the United Democracy Project, said in an interview.

The target of the UDP’s recent spending was Tom Malinowski, a former congressman running in a special election in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, who conceded on Tuesday morning. Malinowski, who calls himself pro-Israel and has been endorsed by the liberal Zionist organization J Street, has said he’d be open to placing conditions on some US aid to Israel.

AIPAC pummeled Malinowski with $2.3 million in negative ads - but not about Israel. Instead, the ads tarred him from a progressive angle - one emphasized his vote on a 2019 bill that included increased funding for ICE, the immigration enforcement agency.

In a statement, Malinowski congratulated the winning candidate, Analilia Mejia, and credited her for “running a positive campaign and inspiring so many voters on Election Day.”

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-886243

Jewish group threatens lawsuit over ban on publicly funded religious schools

A victory for Ben Gamla could redraw the line separating church and state, establishing the first school of its kind nationwide and opening the possibility for more taxpayer-funded religious schools.

A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously rejected its proposal on Monday.

The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board’s decision blocked an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation to open a statewide virtual Jewish school serving grades K-12 beginning next school year.

Ben Gamla’s legal team, led by Becket, a prominent nonprofit religious liberty law firm, said the rejection violates the Constitution’s Free Exercise clause and announced plans to file suit in federal court. In a statement, Becket attorney Eric Baxter criticized Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who has argued that publicly funded religious charter schools are unconstitutional.

“Attorney General Drummond’s attack on religious schools contradicts the Constitution,” Baxter said. “His actions have hung a no-religious-need-apply sign on the state’s charter school program. We’ll soon ask a federal court to protect Ben Gamla’s freedom to serve Sooner families, a right that every other qualified charter school enjoys.”

A victory for Ben Gamla could redraw the line separating church and state, establishing the first school of its kind nationwide and opening the possibility for taxpayer-funded religious schools across the country.

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-886239

Drug trafficking network supplying cocaine to Iceland dismantled

The criminals relied on drug mules to evade law enforcement detection, underlining the evolution of cocaine trafficking techniques into Europe

A criminal network involved in cocaine trafficking from South America to Europe has been dismantled following a coordinated investigation by authorities in Iceland, Lithuania and Spain, with the support of Europol and Eurojust. The group is believed to have generated EUR 4 million in criminal profits through the large-scale trafficking of illicit substances.

https://youtu.be/aCX3uXChBLE

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@RepThomasMassie

and I forced last night the DOJ to disclose the identities of 6 men:

Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner.

I share details of what more we learned to hold the Epstein class accountable.

https://x.com/i/status/2021266289910563273

Joe Rogan Reveals Details Of His Invite To Epstein Island

Joe Rogan has come forward to explain his appearance in the latest Jeffrey Epstein file dump, emphasizing that he’s mentioned solely because he refused to meet the convicted sex offender.

Rogan’s rejection stands in stark contrast to the ongoing associations maintained by powerful figures like Reid Hoffman and Bill Gates, fueling demands for accountability amid congressional scrutiny.

The Department of Justice released over three million pages of Epstein-related documents on January 30, more than a month after a congressionally mandated December 2025 deadline. This massive dump stems from bipartisan pressure in Congress to uncover the full extent of Epstein’s elite network, including potential blackmail and influence operations.

Central to this is the House Oversight Committee’s investigation, led by Chairman James Comer. The probe aims to question high-profile individuals tied to Epstein, with depositions and potential public testimonies designed to expose any wrongdoing or cover-ups.

Comer has already secured agreements from Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify, and signaled that Gates is likely next, amid allegations of affairs, STDs, and deeper entanglements detailed in the files.

Epstein emailed Krauss: “I saw you did the Joe Rogan show, can you introduce me, I think he’s funny.”

Krauss responded: “I will reach out to Rogan. I think I have his email, or at least his producer’s email. He lives and works in L.A.”

But Rogan, after Googling Epstein, rejected the idea outright.

On his podcast, Rogan recounted: “I’m in the [Epstein] files for not going. One of my guests was trying to get me to meet him. I was like, ‘B*tch, are you high?!’”

He added that upon the approach, his response was: “What the f*ck are you talking about?”

https://twitter.com/i/status/2021308187484307763