Chinese lab leak likely behind COVID-19 outbreak: US Energy Department
, according to a classified report based on new intelligence and recently sent to the White House and key members of Congress., which has killed more than 6.8 million people around the world, including 1.1 million in the US.said The Wall Street Journal,By contrast, the Department of Energy made its determination with “low confidence,” sources who’ve read the classified report told the Journal.
The assertion comes more than a year after the FBI concluded a lab accident in China was the origin of the coronavirus.In response to the Journal’s report, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, “There is a variety of views in the intelligence community” and that the origin of COVID-19 remained under investigation.
The update was prepared in light of new intelligence, additional study of academic literature and consultation with outside experts, a senior intelligence official told the Journal. The Central Intelligence Agency and another unidentified agency reportedly remain undecided on the lab leak and natural transmission theories.
“Look, this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. We just saw that with this Chinese spy balloon,” Sullivan said, referring to the orb that drifted over parts of the US before famously
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