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00:41real case of grenades.
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01:00Good evening.
01:01As you know, CNN has been following the developing scandal dubbed the Capitol Hill Conspiracy throughout the week.
01:08In the latest development, several key members of Congress have accused the White House administration of secretly funding soldiers of
01:16fortune, working for a covert operation known only as the shop.
01:22Congressional reports claim this organization engages in missions that even the CIA will consider.
01:27Speaking purely in hypotheticals, these members of Congress claim today they're not necessarily opposed to such an organization.
01:35That feels strange.
01:36They have unconfirmed reports suggesting shop operatives recently thwarted a terrorist plot involving stolen nuclear weapons and that they have
01:45extracted defectors from foreign countries in the past.
01:48The chief complaint of these congressmen lies not in the existence of the organization, but in the fact that they
01:55have not been given the chance to review their actions as part of their oversight responsibilities.
02:00The White House press office told CNN to expect an official statement in the next 30 minutes.
02:06While we wait for this story to unfold, we turn to our ongoing focus series on biological warfare.
02:14Tonight, Andrea Warren reveals the origins of this deadly threat and the men and women who still work on these
02:21frightening projects.
02:22Andrea?
02:23Communism has followed.
02:24You're trying to intimidate me?
02:25Along with the Berlin Wall, but the shadows of the Cold War still linger.
02:30Spectres of a time now past.
02:31Hey, man, you want some trouble?
02:32You want some real piece of kuharasa?
02:33The fractured lands of the former Soviet Union can no longer house the dark secrets of the biopreporate,
02:38a biological weapons program disguised as a state-owned pharmaceutical organization designed to inflict mass destruction on the enemies of
02:46Kaniya.
02:46I'm young, rich, and cute.
02:47A legion of Soviet scientists dedicated their lives to perfecting weaponry based on the horrifying effects of infectious diseases,
02:56anthrax, smallpox, plague, and other deadly microbes.
02:59I'm sorry, my fault!
03:00In the 1970s, as Western nations were signing treaties banning germ warfare,
03:04the Soviet Union expected production facilities to span more than 100 laboratories,
03:10employing nearly 50,000 workers...
03:12See me, my friend!
03:12...and some of the best biologists and biochemists in the world.
03:16U.S. intelligence estimates that even the smallest amounts of these deadly agents...
03:21You apologize, right now!
03:23...death tolls in a population center such as New York City could rise to the millions,
03:28with mortality rates as high as 60%.
03:29Watch where you're dreading!
03:30...even more startling is the realization that the sheer number of bioagents in development by the former Soviet Union
03:36would make inoculation and immunization against such an attack impossible.
03:41Sorry to interrupt our focus series.
03:42This just in, I'm told we're going live to the White House for their reaction to today's congressional accusations regarding
03:49the shop.
03:50Here now, Assistant Press Secretary Jillian Hayden.
03:57The President has asked me to issue a brief statement in response to Senator Lindisky's and Representative Stewart's accusations
04:04regarding this mythical shop.
04:06The President denies that this administration acknowledges, funds, or condones such activities.
04:13The President regularly consults with the FBI, CIA, and other government agencies regarding issues of national security.
04:21But such activities are done within the boundaries outlined in the Constitution and as set forth by Congress through its
04:27review process.
04:28Furthermore, the President requests that in this time of world turmoil that Congress and the White House work together for
04:36the safety of the country and the good of its people.
04:38This is not a time for division or diversion.
04:41That is all.
04:49Well, there you have it.
04:51That was Assistant Press Secretary Jillian Hayden, live from the White House.
04:56Ms. Hayden didn't mince words in debasing these accusations.
04:59In fact, that's about the strongest congressional room told we're going to continue with our focus series.
05:05So, let's go back to Andrea Warren.
05:09The biopreparate was largely dissolved with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992.
05:14So, where are the...
05:14Hey, man, you want some trouble? You want some real piece of cool asshole?
05:17...may shock you.
05:17Many of these scientists were recruited by the KGB and continue to work for the biopreparate in Russia.
05:23Those who refused were killed.
05:26In the late 1980s, some biopreparate scientists successfully protected from their homeland.
05:30I'm young, rich, and cute.
05:31Exchanging information for asylum in the United States.
05:34It is rumored that some of the men and women were extracted from the former Soviet Union by Western nations
05:40to ensure that their valuable knowledge was never unleashed on the world.
05:44I'm sorry. My fault.
05:44Government officials from both sides deny these allegations.
05:48Perhaps the most disturbing of all...
05:49This is why I stay inside.
05:51...is the men and women of the biopreparate who now work as guns for hire,
05:54selling their knowledge and expertise to the highest bidder.
05:57In a world where terrorism is on the rise and terrorist leaders are willing to pay top dollar,
06:03no one is safe from the very real threat of germ warfare.
06:07Our special series on biological weapons will continue throughout the week.
06:12Until tomorrow, for TNM News, I'm Andrea Warren.
06:16Good night.
06:17Absolutely chilling.
06:19Thank you, Andrea.
06:21I'm not talking to you, Buzzy.
06:22After hearing that report, it stands to reason that we might just need soldiers of fortune
06:27and operations like the shop protecting our freedom.
06:31Do with me.
06:32We hope you tune in tomorrow for part four of Andrea's continuing series
06:36and more on the Capitol Hill conspiracy as the story develops.
06:40Until then, this is Miles Stanford, thanking you for listening to TNM News.
06:46Good night.
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