Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.

The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information.

A newly declassified CIA report has added fuel to the Covid-19 origin debate. The report was released under new CIA Director John Ratcliffe on Saturday, January 25. It suggests that a laboratory

That was the news this weekend after new CIA director John Ratcliffe released an agency ... that has wrought so much devastation around the world was because of a lab-related incident in Wuhan.

Vice President JD Vance has sworn in John Ratcliffe as the nation's CIA director, shortly after the Senate confirmed Ratcliffe on a vote of 74-25.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe to lead the Central Intelligence Agency in overwhelming bipartisan fashion, making him the second member of President Trump’s national security team

He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

John Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence during Trump's first term and is the first person to have held that position and the top post at the CIA.

As the virus spread across the globe in 2020, top health officials widely argued that COVID-19 was a naturally occurring pathogen, despite many speculating otherwise. Ratcliffe said releasing the ...

Ratcliffe, 59, is the first person to have served as both director of national intelligence and chief of the CIA.

The CIA admits it has "low confidence" in its conclusion and says both a natural origin and a research-related incident are still possible. HealthDay News — After years of speculation, the CIA has weighed in yet again: A lab leak is now considered the likely origin of the COVID pandemic.

Staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been told to halt all communication with the World Health Organization.