Four people who spent the COVID years being silenced sat down to talk about accountability. All four described the same tactics — still running, under a different administration.
In this panel from the 2026 F4F National Security Beyond the Headlines Summit, co-founderJim Erdman moderates journalist Steve Baker, constitutional attorneyIvan Raiklin, physician-scientist Dr. Robert Malone, and investigative reporterEmily Kopp.
Dr. Malone, who served as vice chair of the ACIP, describes what he saw inside HHS and why he concluded the problem is structural rather than partisan. Emily Kopp explains why the corporate press and the permanent bureaucracy protect each other. Steve Baker describes what happens to a reporter who won't drop a story. Ivan Raiklin lays out which levers are still available.
We discuss:
👉 Why political appointees don't actually run their agencies
👉 What happened at the ACIP, from someone who was in the room
👉 The COVID origins documents and the whistleblower who surfaced them
👉 Why administrations turn over but bureaucrats never do
👉 Whether the reform movement has started censoring itself
👉 The congressional powers nobody is using
Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
01:45 — Framing: Accountability as a Multivariable Problem
03:55 — Steve Baker: The Calls to Get Him Fired
09:27 — Ivan Raiklin: Transparency Before Accountability
14:44 — Robert Malone: ACIP, HHS, and Why It's Systemic
26:59 — Emily Kopp: COVID Origins and the Managerial State
33:58 — What Stops Populist Movements From Delivering
43:25 — The Press as Enforcement Mechanism
1:04:47 — Congressional Levers and Inherent Contempt
1:10:48 — Why the Visionaries Get Pushed Out
1:15:24 — Who's Actually Running This?
>> If the same thing happens no matter who wins, what exactly are we voting for? <<
View the entire 2026 National Security Beyond the Headlines Summit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQDQcTWeI1Y&t=617s
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