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CIA officials express likelihood of COVID-19 virus originating from laboratory leak

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Initially, the CIA had not made a determination on whether COVID-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals. However, with the confirmation of John Ratcliffe as CIA director, the agency's assessment has changed to suggest that COVID-19 is more likely to have emerged from a lab rather than from nature.

  1. CN
    Liu Pengyu
    Chinese Embassy
    1. We firmly oppose the politicization and stigmatization of the source of the virus, and once again call on everyone to respect science and stay away from conspiracy theories.
  2. US
    Central Intelligence Agency
    1. CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the Covid-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting.
    2. CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the Covid-19 pandemic remain plausible.
  3. US
    John Ratcliffe
    Central Intelligence Agency
    1. The agency is going to get off the sidelines.
    2. As President Trump deals with [Chinese] President Xi [Jinping], he needs to be armed with the very best intelligence and to be able to talk about China in a way that if they caused or contributed to the death of a million Americans, the president needs to be armed with that.
    3. I've been on record as you know in saying I think our intelligence, our science, and our common sense all really dictate that the origins of COVID was a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
    4. The lab leak is the only theory supported by science, intelligence, and common sense.
  4. US
    Tom Cotton
    Republican Party
    1. Now, the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world.

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sources

  1. 1.South China Morning Post
  2. 2.ABC News (Australia)
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.The Times
  5. 5.Daily Sabah
  6. 6.The Times of India
  7. 7.CNA News
  8. 8.Agence France-Presse
  9. 9.Associated Press
  10. 10.Breitbart News
  11. 11.Fox News
  12. 12.NBC News

perspectives

  1. 1.Chinese Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US-China Relations
  3. 3.China under Xi Jinping
  4. 4.World Economy
  5. 5.Healthcare
  6. 6.Vaccination
  7. 7.Pandemic
  8. 8.Covid-19 Pandemic

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Central Intelligence AgencyUS
  2. 2.Federal Bureau of InvestigationUS
  3. 3.US Department of Energy
  4. 4.Republican Party
  5. 5.US Senate Intelligence Committee
  6. 6.White HouseUS
  7. 7.Wuhan Institute of Virology

persons

  1. 1.Xi JinpingCN
  2. 2.William BurnsUS
  3. 3.John RatcliffeUS
  4. 4.Donald TrumpUS
  5. 5.Christopher WrayUS
  6. 6.Tom CottonUS
  7. 7.Liu PengyuCN

technicals

  1. 1.Covid-19 Pandemic
CIA officials express likelihood of COVID-19 virus originating from laboratory leak