Special Report: China Syndrome - Part 1
John Solomon Reports
John Solomon
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🗓️ 7 February 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of John Solomon Reports, we take a deep dive into the alarming vulnerabilities Americans face due to lax policies regarding China's influence in the U.S. John discusses the troubling emergence of secret police stations and bio labs in California and Las Vegas, raising serious concerns about national security and public health. He highlights the Biden administration's negligence in addressing these issues, including the dismantling of critical counterintelligence programs aimed at monitoring Chinese espionage in American academia.
Joining John is Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, who provides exclusive insights into the discoveries made at a recently raided lab and reacts to the extradition of a suspect in the Benghazi attack. Patel emphasizes the importance of reinstating counterintelligence measures that were previously abandoned, shedding light on the ongoing threats posed by Chinese operatives.
In the second segment, Dr. Jay Bhattachrya, director of the National Institutes of Health, shares his findings on the implications of gain-of-function research and its connection to the COVID-19 pandemic. John seeks answers on whether measures have been taken to halt such research and the status of the China Initiative.
To lighten the mood, John introduces artist Scott Lobaido, who is advocating for a 150-foot American flag to be flown over Ground Zero, reminding listeners of the impact of the September 11 attacks and the need for national remembrance as we approach the 25th anniversary.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, American, happy Saturday. |
| 0:08.1 | So glad to be with you. |
| 0:10.7 | The next two days, as I mentioned on yesterday's podcast, we're going to do a deep dive |
| 0:15.2 | on a singular subject. |
| 0:16.8 | It is the subject of China Syndrome, the extraordinary vulnerabilities that Americans face in this country because of lax policies, lack security, lacks attention to China's intentions, particularly when it comes to things like secret police stations, uh, biolabs, uh, that have been cropping up in California and Vegas with scary, scary pathogens. |
| 0:40.7 | And of course, the academics who've been embedding themselves in federally funded research |
| 0:47.6 | projects and elite universities helping China steal our intellectual property. |
| 0:54.3 | During the Biden years, this got a blind eye. |
| 0:58.6 | It is without question there was a blind eye turned to it. |
| 1:01.8 | In fact, there was a blinding of the FBI. |
| 1:05.8 | The Biden administration, the Justice Department under Merrick Garland, |
| 1:09.5 | ordered the FBI to shut down its primary Chinese |
| 1:15.4 | counterintelligence tools that were looking for Chinese spies on American academic campuses. |
| 1:22.4 | We literally blinded ourselves. |
| 1:23.8 | We intentionally put dark glasses on so we couldn't see what was going on. |
| 1:28.3 | A lot of people wonder, was it because Joe Biden and Hunter Biden got that money from China? Is it that Democrats just |
| 1:33.5 | misjudged China? Is it they're in bed with China? And we don't know it yet. Those questions |
| 1:39.8 | aren't answered. But the vulnerabilities that flowed because of four years of an open border |
| 1:43.9 | where thousands of military-aged Chinese men came into the country. answered. But the vulnerabilities that flowed because of four years of an open border, where |
| 1:44.6 | thousands of military-aged Chinese men came into the country, where the China initiative, |
| 1:51.5 | that counterintelligence program focused on China threats and Chinese threats in academic |
| 1:56.6 | circles in America were shut down. When one, biolab was found in California, in |
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