India, May 14 -- James Eardman III, the CIA whistleblower making headlines for explosive claims on the origins of COVID-19 and Dr. Anthony Fauci's role during the pandemic, has also put the CIA under the scanner after making an explosive claim.

At Wednesday's hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Erdman alleged that the CIA seized files related to the controversial human experimentation program, MKUltra, as well as the assassination of John F. Kennedy Jr, from the office of Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

Erdman said that the files were about to be processed for declassification - a long-standing public demand - when the CIA swooped in and seized the files.

The claim sparked a row with US House Rep. A...