Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson · Aired Aug 5, 2026
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The Stuxnet computer virus was created by Israel to target Iranian centrifuges.
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Stuxnet is widely reported as a joint U.S. and Israeli intelligence operation, code-named Olympic Games, not something Israel built on its own. Crediting Israel alone leaves out the substantial U.S. role that multiple news organizations, and Edward Snowden, have described in the project.
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Is it true that the Stuxnet computer virus was created by Israel to target Iranian centrifuges?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. S. and Israeli intelligence operation, code-named Olympic Games, not something Israel built on its own. Andrew Wilson said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2535 - Andrew Wilson, aired Aug 5, 2026, at 1:19:06. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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