Near the end of January, the CIA announced it was leaning toward the lab leak theory as the best explanation for the origin of COVID.
“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. CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible,” a spokesperson for the agency said in a statement, noting they “will continue to evaluate any available credible new intelligence reporting or open-source information that could change CIA’s assessment.”
Reports at the time said this was not simply the result of John Ratcliffe taking over as CIA Director but that a review of COVID origins information had been ordered by the Biden administration before Biden left office. The CIA had…
