Intelligence report concludes coronavirus was NOT developed as biological weapon - but origin will never be known because China is obstructing investigation and blaming US
The paper issued by the Director of National Intelligence elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe Biden
That review said that intelligence agencies were divided on the origins of the virus but that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon
The so-called 'lab leak theory' has been a source of controversy as former President Donald Trump and his supporters long argued that a leak was possible
US government now concedes that theory is plausible - but refuses to commit to whether COVID came from Wuhan Institute of Virology
China has resisted global pressure to cooperate fully with investigations into the pandemic or provide access to genetic sequences of coronaviruses
Biden launched the review amid growing momentum for the theory - initially broadly dismissed by experts - that the virus leaked from the Wuhan lab
By Associated Press and Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com
Published: 14:32 EDT, 29 October 2021 | Updated: 03:10 EDT, 30 October 2021
A declassified US intelligence report has concluded COVID wasn't developed as a biological weapon - but conceded that coronavirus may well have emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The paper issued by the Director of National Intelligence on Friday elaborates on findings released in August of a 90-day review ordered by President Joe Biden.
That review said that U.S. intelligence agencies were divided on the origins of the virus, but that analysts do not believe the virus was developed as a bioweapon, and that most agencies believe the virus was not genetically engineered.
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