Welcome to the Empire Files podcast. This is Abby Martin. This is a preview of a patron-only podcast with my brother, Robbie Martin.

We know the United States is heavily involved in the creation of weapons, but when we talk about

the U.S. Empire's arsenal of weapons, we typically think of bombs, tanks, and guns. However,

what is much more hidden is its pursuance of biological weapons and how it's been expanding its biological warfare capabilities under the banner of biosecurity and defense.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, news has circulated about the existence of some of these labs, positioned in former Soviet republics. It's important to fully

understand the context of why this matters and how the United States government has been

using the idea of bioterrorism, not only to expand its military reach and budget, but also to

generate massive campaigns of fear throughout the war on terror,

from the mysterious memory-hold anthrax attacks to the Bush administration's rollout of the smallpox scare.

There's not a lot of research out there on these subjects,

especially tying these seemingly disparate threads together,

but there is one person doing extensive deep dives into it all.

My brother, Robbie Martin,

investigative researcher and co-host of Media Roots Radio,

the podcast we do together.

Throughout the last several months, he's done several in-depth investigations

into the anthrax attacks, the smallpox scare,

and these biological weapons labs.

This full episode is over two hours long and goes to a lot of interesting places you

wouldn't expect.

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But these labs themselves that are being talked about now, they're real labs.

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