Congressman Eric Burlison from Missouri is urging the FBI to provide briefings on the mysterious deaths and disappearances of 10 individuals, all of whom had access to classified information. Lawmakers have sent letters to four agencies, including NASA and the FBI, stating that the incidents “may represent a grave threat to U.S. national security.” Four of the 10 individuals are from New Mexico, and Burlison suggested the possibility of foreign interference targeting American scientists. “We know that China does have active programs in the United States. They have covert activity. We’ve had a briefing on an operation that’s called Operation Fox Hunt,” Burlison said. Burlison first became interested in the cases in February after learning about the disappearance of retired Maj. Gen. William McCasland, who was last seen leaving his Albuquerque home for a hike in the Sandia Mountains. “Has more knowledge and information than some of the highest, highest cleared individuals in our nation. So he disappearing is in and of itself just that alone is a potential national security threat,” Burlison said. The four individuals from New Mexico who disappeared without a trace include McCasland, Anthony Chavez, retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory; Steven Garcia, a property custodian for the Kansas City National Security Campus; and Melissa Casius, an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. “The commonalities of these, particularly the number of people from New Mexico that went missing with and just dropped off the grid, I think is worse; that is highly unlikely that the people working in the same field would do that,” Burlison said. Casius’s stepdaughter, Miranda, spoke about her disappearance on Wednesday. “Do you think she was kidnapped or killed because of her job and what she knew? I mean, everything is a possibility. I can’t speak on that, but I think she’s still alive,” Miranda said. Miranda noted that Casius seemed stressed in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. She confirmed that Casius had security clearance but was unsure of its depth. “I don’t know what she was accessing. I don’t know what she could have accessed. I don’t know, but she was, you know, I don’t know if she got an offer from someone in there and then, like, hey, can you help with something higher up?” Miranda said.
Congressman Eric Burlison from Missouri is urging the FBI to provide briefings on the mysterious deaths and disappearances of 10 individuals, all of whom had access to classified information.
Lawmakers have sent letters to four agencies, including NASA and the FBI, stating that the incidents “may represent a grave threat to U.S. national security.”
Four of the 10 individuals are from New Mexico, and Burlison suggested the possibility of foreign interference targeting American scientists.
“We know that China does have active programs in the United States. They have covert activity. We’ve had a briefing on an operation that’s called Operation Fox Hunt,” Burlison said.
Burlison first became interested in the cases in February after learning about the disappearance of retired Maj. Gen. William McCasland, who was last seen leaving his Albuquerque home for a hike in the Sandia Mountains.
“Has more knowledge and information than some of the highest, highest cleared individuals in our nation. So he disappearing is in and of itself just that alone is a potential national security threat,” Burlison said.
The four individuals from New Mexico who disappeared without a trace include McCasland, Anthony Chavez, retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory; Steven Garcia, a property custodian for the Kansas City National Security Campus; and Melissa Casius, an administrative assistant at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
“The commonalities of these, particularly the number of people from New Mexico that went missing with and just dropped off the grid, I think is worse; that is highly unlikely that the people working in the same field would do that,” Burlison said.
Casius’s stepdaughter, Miranda, spoke about her disappearance on Wednesday.
“Do you think she was kidnapped or killed because of her job and what she knew? I mean, everything is a possibility. I can’t speak on that, but I think she’s still alive,” Miranda said.
Miranda noted that Casius seemed stressed in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. She confirmed that Casius had security clearance but was unsure of its depth.
“I don’t know what she was accessing. I don’t know what she could have accessed. I don’t know, but she was, you know, I don’t know if she got an offer from someone in there and then, like, hey, can you help with something higher up?” Miranda said.
