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2026-06-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

DOJ charges foreign nationals working at NIH with smuggling monkeypox into US, lying about it

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-03 07:10|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1787 views ] Top

1 The following outbreaks or were found in the USA and contained
we have been treated to in 2026 (SO FAR).

Ebola
Monkeypox
Andes hantavirus
Bird Flu
Salmonella
E. coli X
Bundibugyo
Norovirus
Oropouche virus
Chikungunya
Plus there is talk of a new strain of HIV & Cow bugs also.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-03 07:43|| 2026-06-03 07:43|| Front Page Top

2 /\ Why do I NOT believe these plagues are simply coincidences ?

Posted by Besoeker 2026-06-03 07:46|| 2026-06-03 07:46|| Front Page Top

3
Checkout W.H.O. & CDC for outbreaks dates.
Surprising number of scares or outbreaks happen leading to and/or during US National elections.

Maybe we need to change the election dates to Spring and Early Summer? To avoid the natural and unnatural spread of so many of these bugs.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-06-03 08:39|| 2026-06-03 08:39|| Front Page Top

4 We should not be allowing foreign nationals to work at the NIH or Bethesda Medical or DHS or DOWar or anywhere like that.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-06-03 09:14|| 2026-06-03 09:14|| Front Page Top

5 Time to tear apart the NIH for seditionists.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-06-03 09:16|| 2026-06-03 09:16|| Front Page Top

6 with a name like Munster, what did you expect?

Posted by Mercutio 2026-06-03 09:17|| 2026-06-03 09:17|| Front Page Top

7 Smuggling, eh? They hide it in their prison wallet?

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-06-03 09:22|| 2026-06-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

8 THIS>> "We should not be allowing foreign nationals to work at the NIH or Bethesda Medical or DHS or DOWar or anywhere like that."

I agree with Lord Garth 100%. And go after the fools who hired them.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-06-03 09:55|| 2026-06-03 09:55|| Front Page Top

9 If Pedro Pascal could emote, you would know this really upsets him.

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-06-03 10:47|| 2026-06-03 10:47|| Front Page Top

10 Worse and worse. From the DOJ press release:

According to the criminal complaint, Vincent Munster, a citizen of the Netherlands, 53, is the Chief of the Virus Ecology Section, Laboratory of Virology at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana. Claude Kwe, a citizen of Cameroon, 38, is a research fellow in Munster’s section. The work of both men is focused on “emerging viral pathogens” and how those pathogens “cross the species barrier.” They work at a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory, which employs the highest level of biosafety precautions for scientific research of known and potential human pathogens.

On January 25, 2026, Munster and Kwe arrived at the McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with travel originating from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where an outbreak of monkeypox was occurring. Monkeypox is an infectious virus that can result in painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes, fevers and other ailments.

Munster and Kwe were inspected and interviewed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials upon their arrival. CBP officers observed Kwe and Munster traveling with a large black plastic case. Munster and Kwe falsely told CBP officers that the black case contained diagnostics and testing equipment. But subsequent investigation by CBP and FBI agents revealed that the case actually contained 113 vials in Styrofoam coolers. As of the date of the complaint, the FBI has tested 20 of the 113 vials. Seventeen of them contained deactivated monkeypox virus, one contained the Chickenpox virus, and two contained only human DNA.

They’d gone on a trip specifically to pick up samples for their research, the Dutchman is the department head, the samples were deactivated, so the risk should be minimal — all they had to do was submit the proper paperwork instead of lying to the Border Patrol inspectors. The average IQ for a PhD is 125, but I don’t see any signs of intelligence in this tale.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-06-03 14:22|| 2026-06-03 14:22|| Front Page Top

11 Meat is horrible for the planet, if we all went veggie it would be great.

And we would turn stupid, weak and die young!

Seems that Meat proteins is not the same as plant proteins, we get essential nutrients from meat such as needed brain vitamins and ammo acids (such as vitamin B12 that can only be gotten from meat) that we need for a healthy functioning brain and also to build and maintain good muscle tones a well as help prevent diabetes.

Yea I know, you're being sarcastic right?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-06-03 16:15|| 2026-06-03 16:15|| Front Page Top

12 #6 with a name like Munster, what did you expect?

At least a good cheese.

Posted by Woodrow 2026-06-03 21:16|| 2026-06-03 21:16|| Front Page Top

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