‘Something Sinister’: FBI Probing Deaths of Scientists

Committee Chairman James Comer and Rep. Eric Burlison sent letters to Kash Patel, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, requesting staff-level briefings by April 27, Fortune magazine reported. “If the reports are accurate, these deaths and disappearances may represent a grave threat to U.S. national security and to U.S. personnel with access to scientific secrets,” the letters read.

On Monday, Comer, a Kentucky Republican, said he did not believe the deaths were a coincidence. “Once you see the facts, it would suggest that something sinister could be happening and it would be a national security concern,” Comer said. He added he and Burlison were looking to “see if we can put it together and find any missing links to try to solve what’s going on here. Because it’s very unlikely that this is a coincidence. Congress is very concerned about this. Our committee is making this one of our priorities now because we view this as a national security threat.”