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This is dedicated to Alyssa Ashcroft, my late mother. She could never let anything go when it bothered her, always trying to make the world a better place. I thought it would be a disservice to her not to do something similar.
USSTRATCOM, or The United States Strategic Command and its subagency, the Anti-Umbrella Pursuit and Investigation Team, was formed right after the Raccoon City incident to help combat bioterrorism and specifically hunt down Umbrella. The government agency was military-esque in its essence. Being composed of field agents, reconnaissance people, and handlers.
While bioterrorism in general was still being kept hidden from the public. STRATCOM worked under the radar to handle threats and issues before they came to fruition. That much is known now, but many still do not know that this agency even existed.
Instead, it would be better known by its future name, the DSO, or Division of Security Operations. After Umbrella was dissolved in 2003, USSTRATCOM survived until 2011. Then under Alex Benford, the DSO was formed to take its place.
However, our focus is on USSTRATCOM and specifically how it operated and the treatment of its agents.
Namely, one Leon S. Kennedy.
You may recognize the name with him being a notable figure. You would likely recognize him as someone who has given several press conferences in regard to bioterrorism disasters. And also as someone who has stood next to every president since Graham. He is in fact considered presidential security because of his expertise in bioterrorism.
To give more insight here's a transcription of an interview I had with former President Graham.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗'𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝙲𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢! 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚑𝚊𝚍. 𝙱𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗. 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍'𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎. 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜? 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢? 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙽𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: *𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑* 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝚈𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎…. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝙸 𝚍𝚘, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝙽𝚘, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙? 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚡 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞?
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖: 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕. 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚏𝚒𝚡 𝚒𝚝.
Another comment about the aftermath of Graham’s demand for their treatment was offered to me by Ashley Graham, a well-known associate of Leon Kennedy, and political advocates for the anti-bioterrorism sector in the government.
“I heard my dad get really mad a lot actually. He'd spend hours on the phone yelling at people down at USSTRATCOM. He demanded better treatment of Leon and better treatment he got. Leon always smiled more when I saw him after that. If he will admit it or not it helped, he just needed some more support and someone in his corner. God knows no one else in the government was.”
-Ashley Graham
So what was happening during those six years? Well not much is actually known, but we do know what didn't happen.
Leon S. Kennedy escaped Raccoon City with two people. Sherry Birkin, then only a young child, and Claire Redfield. While Claire Redfield left to go search for her brother Chris Redfield, Sherry remained with Leon.
Below is a transcript of some of the conversation that was had with Sherry Birkin.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐?
𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢: 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜, 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎, 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎?
𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢: 𝚃𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. 𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.
𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢: *𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜* 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚗. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗?
𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢: 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞?
𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢: 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙰 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗?
𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢: 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝚆𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚂𝙾.
Well, what exactly happened in that room? What did they do to get Leon to agree to join them? Did they actually threaten his life or is that what Sherry believes? Well, I asked the man himself.
“Yes, they threatened me. Told me I only really had one choice, or they were going to experiment on Sherry like a lab rat and kill me. The only way we both lived was to join them. But I would have done it anyway. I was capable, I had the ability, and I didn't want anyone else to suffer.”
- Leon S. Kennedy
Do we know anything at all about his time in USSTRATCOM? Is there anyone at all who knows anything and is willing to tell the story? Yes, in fact Leon's personal handler to this day was first assigned to him during his beginning in USSTRATCOM. Her name is Ingrid Hunnigan.
Below is the transcript of our conversation.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐, 𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚂𝚘 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼.
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝚈𝚎𝚜.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖?
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝙰𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝙸'𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐?
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝. 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗? 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕…
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗:... 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛. 𝙷𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜. 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕. 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚖.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜?
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖. 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚂𝚘 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗?
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝚈𝚎𝚜….𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑. 𝙷𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙸𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎?
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙳𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜?
𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗: 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎? 𝙽𝚘. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍.
So, from a direct source we know that USSTRATCOM purposely isolated Leon and broke him on a fundamental level. Making him more into a machine than a man and driving him into suicidal ideation and alcohol abuse that affects him to this day.
So, the question is was he truly isolated? Did anyone else know? What about Claire, surely, she had to wonder what happened to her friend? Well, here was her quote on the matter.
“I had no clue what happened to Leon. I looked for information, but I found nothing. It's like he disappeared completely. A part of me was furious because I found out Sherry was… well I trusted Sherry with him and Sherry wasn't with him. I ran into him later while he was still working for USSTRATCOM, but he never told me anything. I blamed him for a long time…I feel guilty now because of what I learned actually happened. And you know the funniest part? He never blamed me at all for what I said to him in the past over it.”
-Claire Redfield
So no, nobody at all knew what his fate had been besides people in USSTRATCOM. We can infer that he must have been held under some contract to keep silent. And in fact, we know that is true because he himself confirmed it for me.
So that raises the question, what else do we not know about? And does anyone else have that information? Well an anonymous source offered their own insight from their personal digging into the now defunct agency.
That transcript is below.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼, 𝚠𝚑𝚢?
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: *𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑* 𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚢. 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍?
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚌𝚘𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚒𝚗𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔, 𝚗𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠? 𝙽𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜.
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝙷𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚠𝚗. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚟𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙴𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎?
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚎, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝟾𝟶% 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝙸𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗.”
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠? 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚂𝙾 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚢.
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚢, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘-𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚂𝙾. 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜' 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼?
𝙰𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜: 𝚃𝚘 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚝.
And so what is the conclusion to all of this? What is the point of this article and why bring it up now? After all, USSTRATCOM is long gone.
Well it's simply to ensure there is more knowledge about previous horrors. In hopes to prevent future experiences that are similar. I, Grace Ashcroft, have been saved by this man and have heard his story from many people. His friends, his colleagues, and even from his own mouth.
He has no shame in admitting his previous experiences. He openly talks about what happened to him and how he suffered. He is truly one of the best men I have ever met. And his desire as well as mine is to make sure no one else suffers.
So it is only right for my final transcript to be of Leon himself getting his own insight.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼?
𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗: 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕. 𝙸'𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚆𝚑𝚢?
𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗: 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢. 𝚂𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔. 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜, 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗? 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎.
𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗: 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎. 𝙱𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎? 𝙸'𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎.
𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗: 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚄𝚂𝚂𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍.
𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎: 𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗?
𝙻𝚎𝚘𝚗:...... 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚂𝙾 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚌𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚝𝚒-𝚋𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚒𝚝.
So, what can be concluded? Well, USSTRATCOM was horrific and the treatment those working for it endured was inhumane. Leon S. Kennedy is only one of who knows how many victims, but his story stands out as the worst. Yet he remains firm and dedicated to helping save others' lives.
He is not a bitter man, instead at the age of forty-nine he remains a field agent and still works cases to this day saving hundreds of thousands of lives. And while we will never know the half of it, I know I am very thankful. And it's only right that his story gets told and that we help ensure no one else has to go through what he did.
Thank you Leon Kennedy, Raccoon City survivor, anti-bioterrorism field agent, presidential security, and the best friend to many. We commend you.