CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab | AP News
Jan 25, 2025 · On Saturday, a spokesperson for China’s U.S. embassy said the CIA report has no credibility. ... Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, has said he favors the lab leak scenario, too. “The lab leak is the only theory supported by science, intelligence, and common sense,” Ratcliffe said in ...
What to Know About the CIA’s Conclusion that COVID-19 Came From a Lab
Jan 27, 2025 · The Chinese foreign ministry hit back then too. “By rehashing the lab-leak theory,” said Mao Ning, “the U.S. will not succeed in discrediting China, and instead, it will only hurt its own ...
China dismisses CIA's lab leak assessment for COVID-19 origin
Jan 27, 2025 · China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission.
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak …
Jan 27, 2025 · The CIA said Saturday the virus was "more likely" leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. A view of the P4 lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by a...
CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely …
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA said Saturday it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic but added ...
CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but …
Jan 26, 2025 · The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China...
CIA says Covid-19 probably leaked from Chinese laboratory
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA has concluded that Covid-19 probably began as a leak from a laboratory in China in a new assessment of the origins of the pandemic that killed millions of people.
CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though …
Jan 25, 2025 · The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency...
CIA has 'low confidence' COVID-19 leaked from lab in China
Jan 26, 2025 · A view of Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, on January 27, 2021. Several U.S. agencies have concluded the COVID-19 virus leaked from a lab thee.
CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory ...
Sep 12, 2023 · An unnamed CIA whistleblower has made the dramatic allegation that six analysts there were bribed to reject the theory that COVID-19 resulted from a research-related leak of a new coronavirus, according to a press release today from the office of the Republican leading a congressional investigation into the pandemic.