A member of the House Oversight Committee this week suggested that America's foreign adversaries could be behind the death or disappearances of several U.S. scientists.

At least 11 American scientists linked to sensitive research have either died or gone missing in recent years. The House Oversight Committee began an investigation into the matter this week.

“I would not be surprised if our adversaries —China, Russia, Iran, or any other adversary—saw an opportunity to take out some of our nation’s top scientists, I would not be shocked,” Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., told NewsNation.

Thus far, there do not appear to be any links between the cases, but Burlison highlighted the unusual nature of several disappearances.

"[W]hat’s really fascinating is the four individuals that stepped out of their home, left their phones behind, left their wallet, left everything behind and just completely disappeared and never came back,” he said. “That’s not something that a normal person does, and the fact that it happened within one year, you know, four people walked out of their home never to be seen again, all of which were working together on these projects for the Department of Defense, that’s very mysterious."

"I hope it's random," President Donald Trump said of the disappearances last week. "We're going to know in the next week and a half. I just left a meeting on that subject."

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.