U.S. intelligence report suggests government divided on COVID-19 lab leak theory
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(Worthy News) – U.S. officials on Friday released an intelligence report on the COVID-19 pandemic after Congress directed them to declassify intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a theorized origin point for the virus.
The report indicates that several intelligence agencies maintain the belief that the virus was transferred from animals to humans, the Associated Press reported. Most of the agencies remain unnamed, but include the National Intelligence Council and four others. Both the Department of energy and the FBI believe it originated as the result of a lab leak. The CIA and one other agency have not reached a conclusion.
The report does not assess the merits of either theory. [ Source: Just the News (Read More…) ]
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