Topic: Jacob Segal

2 chapters across the catalog

86: Pox Luck
• 2:00:29 - 2:05:29

86: Pox Luck

Operation Infection: KGB Disinformation and the AIDS Lab Myth

The hosts revisit "Operation Infection," a KGB disinformation campaign from the 1980s that planted stories claiming the U.S. government created HIV/AIDS at Fort Detrick. The campaign used a small Indian newspaper to launch the rumor, which eventually reached mainstream American media via Dan Rather. This historical context is used to analyze how modern biological warfare narratives are constructed and spread.