NEWS FLASH
Reports: CIA Used Fake Vaccinations In Pakistani Town To Get DNA Samples To Find Bin Laden | Both the Guardian and McClatchy Newspapers are reporting today that the CIA conducted fake vaccination drives in the Islamabad suburb of Abbottabad to extract blood from local Pakistanis to locate the Bin Laden family’s DNA. The reports come at a time when Pakistani authorities have arrested a doctor they say was conducting the vaccination drive.
Update
Chris Albon and Dan Trombly note the disastrous diplomatic and public health ramifications if this plot did occur.
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