I briefly wondered this also. I supposed it was DARPA/CIA black program again.

DOD scientists aka MERC scientists. Bio-terror criminals

Some new names to add to the list of people working against us. The question is, did they, or do they know what the end game is, and why they are there? Or are they under orders without much knowledge?

The military has a long history of running secret programs where even higher ranking officials are given a specific tasks without knowing much about what they are really doing, or what the project is all about - i.e. they were compartmentalized and lied to about it to protect the program.

CIA and their subcontractors