What if a life-saving vaccine was turned into a weapon? In the hunt for the world's most wanted man, the CIA crossed a sacred line, and the consequences would prove more devastating than anyone could imagine.

This is the untold story of the CIA's fake hepatitis B vaccination campaign in Abbottabad, Pakistan—a top-secret covert operation designed to steal Osama bin Laden's family DNA before the fateful 2011 raid. We take you inside one of the most controversial acts of espionage in modern history and reveal the man at its center: Dr. Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who cooperated with the CIA, only to be left behind and branded a traitor.

But the real story begins where the raid ends. We uncover the catastrophic fallout of this deception: a shattered trust in medicine that fueled rampant vaccine hesitancy and directly contributed to a deadly polio resurgence in Pakistan. You'll hear how legitimate healthcare workers became targets, seen as spies by a terrified public, and how organizations like Doctors Without Borders (MSF) condemned the operation as a grave violation of medical ethics.

This isn't just a story about a spy mission. It's a profound cautionary tale about the erosion of trust and the unintended victims of national security. It's the story of how a single needle, meant to hunt a terrorist, created a public health disaster that still echoes today.

If you believe that the truth matters and that some lines should never be crossed, then you need to hear this story. Subscribe now to understand the hidden costs of the war on terror.


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