Sleeper (Bio)Cells: Bioweapons Research Long Hidden Shows Engineered Diseases Released on American Soil
Recent public statements by senior Trump Administration health officials have reignited a long-suppressed debate: whether some of today’s most devastating diseases are the byproduct of biological warfare. Those claims are not new to author and independent researcher A.W. Finnegan, whose book The Sleeper Agent: The Rise of Lyme Disease, Chronic Illness, and the Great Imitator Antigens of Biological Warfare lays out a deeply documented case that Lyme disease—and possibly HIV/AIDS—trace back to covert bioweapons research.
The Sleeper Agent dives into the life and work of Dr. Erich Traub, a Nazi-era virologist who specialized in weaponizing pathogens and later worked with U.S. government labs. Finnegan documents how Traub experimented with Lyme disease spirochetes, combining them with other pathogens and embedding them in ticks—first in Germany, then later at Plum Island, New York, where similar research resumed. According to Finnegan, the release of these engineered vectors amounted to bioterrorism on American soil.
These claims gained renewed relevance after FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary recently stated that Lyme disease likely originated from Lab 257 on Plum Island, just 25 miles from Lyme, Connecticut—where the disease was first identified. Finnegan’s research independently verifies this conclusion through official records, declassified documents, medical journals, and testimony from former intelligence officers.
Finnegan also explores Traub’s early work on Equine Infectious Anemia Virus, arguing that when later combined with primate plasma during subsequent research, it evolved into what is now known as HIV. While controversial, Finnegan contends the scientific and historical record demands serious scrutiny—particularly now that senior officials, including Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are publicly questioning long-accepted origin narratives.
Beyond disease origins, The Sleeper Agent exposes how an entire branch of immunology—immune tolerance—was marginalized during the Cold War biological arms race, leaving the public dangerously uninformed about chronic illness, immune dysfunction, and vaccine risk.
“My book applies Occam’s razor to today’s health crisis,” Finnegan says. “It presents a startling possibility—that foreign influence, long embedded within public health institutions, has shaped outcomes to our detriment. Sleeper Agent is essential reading for understanding why health outcomes in the West continue to decline despite unprecedented medical spending.”
Finnegan’s investigation does more than trace pathogens—it exposes a system where public health, government oversight, and scientific inquiry intersected with covert operations, leaving Americans unknowingly vulnerable. The Sleeper Agent challenges the official narrative, demanding scrutiny of decades-long secrecy that shaped today’s chronic illness crisis. With exhaustive documentation, firsthand testimony, and declassified materials, Finnegan equips readers, journalists, and policymakers to question what they thought they knew about disease origins. This is not speculation; it is a meticulously sourced call to awareness. Sleeper Agent forces the nation to confront uncomfortable truths about the intersection of science, politics, and public safety.
A.W. Finnegan is available for interviews.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- What led you to first investigate Dr. Erich Traub and his experiments?
- Can you summarize the evidence linking Lyme disease to Plum Island?
- How does your research connect Equine Infectious Anemia virus to HIV?
- What role do former intelligence officers play in corroborating your findings?
- Why has “immune tolerance” been marginalized in mainstream immunology?
- How do public statements by officials like FDA Commissioner Makary validate your work?
- What are the broader implications of your findings for vaccine safety and public health?
- If your conclusions are correct, who should be held accountable for this bioweapons history?
ABOUT A.W. FINNEGAN…
Adam Finnegan is a survivor of Lyme disease and immune tolerance and has been battling health problems since he was young, with the onset of a chronic disease in 2016. He is a writer, graphic artist and designer, and avid reader and researcher of history, biological warfare, esoteric philosophy, spirituality, and the Western Mystery Traditions. He has made a special study of the life and work of Erich Traub and the science of immune tolerance. He has collected and translated to English all of Traub’s published research. He lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, peacefully by himself, where he enjoys BMX biking, fitness, study, the arts, and self-development.
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