Transcript segment

Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.92 · baric_ti:utt:00824

Date: 2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type: transcript segment · interview
recipient: Ralph S. Baric, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker: Christina Salazar

So are you talking about what the DARPA PREEMPT program --

In context

A single line often inverts meaning once you see what it answers, so neighbouring messages are always shown.

2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

So is that what DARPA was -- I mean --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yes.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

-- they explicitly --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

The part one was they wanted to know what the threat potential was in certain wild areas of the world, so you did surveillance.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar

So are you talking about what the DARPA PREEMPT program --
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

Yes.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

-- that they specifically said "we want you to do gain-of-function research."
2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open

They said they want you to know, down to the nucleotide level what drives cross-species jumping events.
2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open

And that's gain-of-function research.