Work of scientists in ‘suspicious’ disappearances is prime target for hostile foes: retired FBI agent

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. House Oversight Committee demands answers as the FBI spearheads an investigation into the mysterious deaths and disappearances of US scientists involved in sensitive nuclear and space research. Former FBI Director Chris Swecker warns of potential espionage. Separately, an Iranian national was arrested at LAX for arms trafficking, alongside coverage of a Shreveport gunman killing 8 children and a fiery NYC street takeover. As about a dozen cases involving missing or deceased American nuclear scientists have come to light, a retired high-level FBI official says some of them fit a pattern that he considers suspicious. "The missing [and] disappearance thing is suspicious inherently," said Chris Swecker, who served as assistant director of the FBI. "What they were working on would certainly, without a doubt, be a target of a hostile foreign intelligence s