CIA Now Backs Lab Leak Theory for COVID-19

CIA now says COVID most likely originated from a lab leak but has "low confidence" in its assessment
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory.
What to Know About the CIA’s Conclusion that COVID-19 Came From a Lab
The problem for the lab-leak position is that the U.S. has never had access to the Wuhan lab and has thus been unable to reach a definitive answer for more than five years. Now that the CIA has at last come to a conclusion, not all scientists are sold on what it has reported, seeing the results as thinly scientifically sourced.
China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak, as CIA now indicates
China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low confidence, that it did, rather than from natural transmission.
CIA Backs COVID Lab Leak Theory: What We Know
The virus that started the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab in China, the CIA said in a new assessment, though it has no conclusive evidence.
CIA Now Favors Lab Leak Theory on Origins of Covid-19
The intelligence agency says it has a “low confidence” in its new finding, but this is further than it has ever gone in pinpointing the origin of a virus that killed millions worldwide.
CIA releases new analysis on COVID origins favoring lab leak theory
The CIA has changed its assessment on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, now favoring the lab leak theory. But some worry this could be an indication of politicization.
Trump’s CIA Now Backs Controversial Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory
The CIA says both a natural origin and a lab leak "remain plausible" as potential sources of covid-19, following a review of the pandemic's origins.
CIA assesses lab leak most plausible source of Covid-19, though with low confidence
The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, just days after Director John Ratcliffe took the reins.
Declassified CIA analysis on COVID origins favors lab leak theory
Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) released a statement in response to the newly declassified CIA analysis on the origins of COVID-19 favoring the lab leak theory. "For over four years now, the complete truth about COVID-19 and its origins has been hidden from the American people.
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.
CIA becomes latest intel agency to conclude COVID-19 likely originated from Chinese lab leak
Langley joins the FBI and Energy Department in agreeing that a lab leak is the most likely source of the pandemic.
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 ...
Tom Cotton pans liberal media's earlier dismissals of lab leak theory after CIA announcement
Sen. Tom Cotton took a dig at the liberal media for its early dismissal of he lab-leak hypothesis after the CIA's newly ...