Annie Jacobsen
An investigative journalist and author known for reporting on U.S. military, intelligence, and national security programs.
Circuit updated August 6, 2026
- Annie Jacobsen says Soviet scientists engineered plague with a euphoria gene so victims would go to discos
“Why did I choose plague? I chose it for an incredibly sinister reason that is based in science because I I am a non-fiction author.” 0:00
- Annie Jacobsen says a biological attack could push America from outbreak to anarchy in six days
“in biological war, I take the readers from outbreak to anarchy in 6 days because anarchy and insurrection is the real threat.” 1:04
- Annie Jacobsen says the U.S. has a classified devolution plan to send the president alone to a cold site in a 100 percent fatal plague
“The name devolution is unclassified. The program is classified.” 0:07
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“Absolutely. It is genetically modified to have euphoria. So the first 24 hours people are spent euphoric and they only essentially collapse into the disease when the euphoria wears off and now they're shedding bacteria. They're infecting people like nobody's business. And they've been at places like discos.”
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“The president does not get moved to a big bunker like Raven Rock or Mount Weather. Any of these command centers we can talk about if you want more details. He gets moved to like what's called a cold site. Like really far away. By himself. It's such a crazy visual.”
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“It's too late. It's too late. And I was really stunned to learn that at that point the pivot is not let's try and protect the population. It's let's we need to protect critical infrastructure.”
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“a essentially secret government disappears off into a bunch of bunkers called hot sites, warm sites, and cold sites to hunker down so that they can rebuild the government once everybody dies.”
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“People will now tell you that like a high school student with limited biology can essentially do some genetic tweaks to create this kind of thing.”
Annie Jacobsen · The Shawn Ryan Show -
“Why did I choose plague? I chose it for an incredibly sinister reason that is based in science because I I am a non-fiction author.”
Annie Jacobsen · Read the story
Annie Jacobsen says Soviet scientists engineered plague with a euphoria gene so victims would go to discos
Jacobsen’s bioweapon nightmare is not just a germ that kills, it is a germ that allegedly hacks the victim into becoming its hype man.
Annie Jacobsen says a biological attack could push America from outbreak to anarchy in six days
The author of Nuclear War: A Scenario argues that the real bioweapon nightmare is not just death, but the speed at which fear of infection breaks a country.
Annie Jacobsen says the U.S. has a classified devolution plan to send the president alone to a cold site in a 100 percent fatal plague
The national security writer says the public name is known, the actual program is classified, and the creepiest detail is not the bunker, it is the president alone in a room with the nuclear football outside.