The CIA joins the anti-China bandwagon on COVID origins, despite lack of any evidence
On Saturday, new CIA Director john Ratcliffe made public the CIA’s reassessment that shifts from an inconclusive position to now believing the lab-leak was most likely despite a low level of confidence.
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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.
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The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving Trump his second Cabinet member
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director ... the position to Cabinet level under Ratcliffe’s predecessor, William Burns, and Trump’s White House lists ...
Senate Confirms John Ratcliffe to Lead CIA, Giving Trump His Second Cabinet Member
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead America’s premier spy agency and his second nominee to win Senate approval.
William E. Leuchtenburg, eminent presidential historian and Ken Burns consultant, dies at 102
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John Ratcliffe, Trump's CIA pick, tells senators the agency is 'not where we’re supposed to be'
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Did Covid-19 originate in a Wuhan lab? Now CIA says yes but does it matter?
In a fresh analysis, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said it believes that the Covid-19 virus ‘more likely’ leaked from a Chinese lab than transmitted by animals. The US intelligence agency has released the ’low confidence’ assessment under Trump-appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe,
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CIA says Covid 'more likely' to have leaked from lab
The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed on Thursday as the CIA director under the second White House administration of Trump
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The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding
WASHINGTON — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.
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CIA says lab leak favored as likely COVID origin
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab. Here’s what to know about the declassified document released Saturday
CIA now favors lab-leak theory, as critics of covid response take power
New CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the covid origins analysis declassified, which a spokesperson described as a “low-confidence” assessment.