The CIA has released a declassified assessment indicating that the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab in Wuhan, China. While acknowledging 'low confidence' due to incomplete evidence, the report marks a shift from previous denials under the Biden administration.
THE CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a Wuhan lab after years of denial under Biden's administration.
In a bombshell declassified assessment released Saturday, the agency pointed the finger at China but admitted it had “low confidence” in its conclusion, citing incomplete and inconclusive evidence.The report, based on fresh analyses of existing intelligence rather than new discoveries, was completed at the request of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns.
The Biden administration and then-COVID czar Anthony Fauci had repeatedly dismissed the lab-leak theory as a conspiracy, insisting the virus likely jumped naturally from animals to humans.The move to declassify the findings was ordered by President Donald Trump’s pick for CIA director, John Ratcliffe, who was sworn in just days ago.
Ratcliffe has long championed the lab-leak theory, previously calling it “the only theory supported by science, intelligence, and common sense.”
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