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CIA says lab leak 'more likely' origin of COVID-19

The Associated Press on MSN · 3d

The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.

CIA says COVID-19 more likely to have come from lab than nature

It was unclear the extent to which the agency has collected new intelligence on COVID-19's origins and whether that new evidence was used to formulate the latest assessment.

New York Sun · 2d

CIA Now Says, With ‘Low Confidence,’ That Lab Leak Was Most Likely Source of Covid Pandemic

The Central Intelligence Agency previously said that two explanations were plausible, a lab leak or a natural source for the virus. Yet under new agency director John Ratcliffe, the CIA has changed its view, which is now in line with that of the Department of Energy and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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China complains about CIA changing its tune on COVID-19 origins theory

The news comes after the CIA announced over the weekend that COVID-19 most likely originated from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2020.

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John Ratcliffe confirmed by the Senate to become Trump’s CIA director

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

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CIA employee pleads guilty over leak of classified Israeli plans

A CIA employee who was accused of leaking classified documents about Israel's plans to strike Iran pleaded guilty on Friday ...

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