Topic: Gilead

Ohad Zadenberg, a former Unit 8200 commander and current employee of the Israeli firm ClearSky, serves as the public face of the CTI League. Zadenberg has been the primary source for claims linking the Iranian government to cyberattacks, including a hack targeting Gilead Pharmaceuticals and its drug Remdesivir. Gilead maintains deep ties to the US defense establishment, having previously been led by Donald Rumsfeld.

The episode concludes with a summary of the topics covered in the Plus second hour, including DynCorp and the economic games of the COVID era. Greg Carlwood signs off by encouraging self-sufficiency before playing a closing song themed around MKUltra and institutional distrust.

Greg Carlwood compares current social distancing measures to the dystopian setting of "The Handmaid's Tale," where people are forbidden from socializing freely. He points out a significant synchronicity: the fictional country in the story is named Gilead, which is also the name of the pharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences, producing the COVID-19 drug Remdesivir.

Crowe compares current COVID-19 treatments to those used during the SARS outbreak, noting that high-dose corticosteroids and antivirals caused severe side effects like bone rotting (osteonecrosis) and liver failure. He criticizes the medical establishment for repeating these "insane" protocols with elderly patients. He expresses a desire for more transparent data regarding the treatment of nursing home victims in Washington State.