Aug 25, 2021,01:58am EDT|2,726 views
Biden Reportedly Receives Inconclusive Report About Covid Origins From Intelligence Agencies
Siladitya RayForbes Staff
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday received a classified intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus that reportedly failed to conclusively determine if the outbreak was the result of spillover from animals to humans or an accidental lab leak, highlighting the difficulty of pinning down the cause of the pandemic amid China’s reticence to cooperate with international investigations.
According to the Washington Post, the intelligence community will seek to declassify parts of the report for a potential public release in the next few days.
The report was delivered to the president by Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, who had previously warned the agencies might not be able to find the “smoking gun” on the origins of the pandemic.
Data collected from the Wuhan Institute of Virology was examined as part of the investigation, the New York Times reported.
Despite poring through existing intelligence and search for new clues, the intelligence community was unable to arrive at a consensus on the primary source of the outbreak, the Post’s report added.
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