COVID lab leak ‘only’ explanation, ex-intel chief John Ratcliffe says

[Kamaji]

COVID lab leak ‘only’ explanation, ex-intel chief John Ratcliffe says

By Josh Christenson
April 18, 2023

Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said Tuesday the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China is the “only” credible explanation for the pandemic that has claimed millions of lives around the world.

“My informed assessment as a person with as much access as anyone to our government’s intelligence … has been and continues to be that a lab leak is the only explanation credibly supported by our intelligence, by science and by common sense,” Ratcliffe told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.

“If our intelligence and evidence supporting a lab leak was placed side by side with our intelligence and evidence pointing to a natural origins or spillover theory, the lab leak side of the ledger would be long, convincing, even overwhelming — while the spillover side would be nearly empty and tenuous,” added Ratcliffe, a former Texas Republican congressman who served as former President Donald Trump’s second and last director of national intelligence.

Since leaving government in 2021, Ratcliffe has repeatedly accused China’s ruling Communist Party of orchestrating a “massive cover-up” of its role in the pandemic.

That effort is ongoing, he said Tuesday, as the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC formally objected to the subcommittee hearing and officials in China have gone to “great lengths” to obscure the truth.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/ex-dni-john-ratcliffe-calls-covid-lab-leak-only-explanation/

[verga]

Finally caught up with the rest of us

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Finally caught up with the rest of us

I think he's kind of been there all along.  It's just that a GOP controlled House finally gave him a platform.

[Kamaji]

I think he's kind of been there all along.  It's just that a GOP controlled House finally gave him a platform.

[roamer_1]

The other option is that it was intentionally released in a way to optimize its spread... Which, considering its outcome, and ready-to-be-delivered 'vaccines', with the head thief put in charge, seems far more credible to me.

[Bigun]

The other option is that it was intentionally released in a way to optimize its spread... Which, considering its outcome, and ready-to-be-delivered 'vaccines', with the head thief put in charge, seems far more credible to me.

I've always maintained that it was a biological attack and have seen nothing to date that would alter my opinion. Beyond that, the way we reacted to it almost insures that we will see more, and much worse, in the future. It brings me no pleasure to say, but it truly is what I believe.

[berdie]

I absolutely believe it was a lab leak. But I can't believe it was intentional. Or maybe I just don't want to.

It hurt China as much as it hurt us.

[Bigun]

I absolutely believe it was a lab leak. But I can't believe it was intentional. Or maybe I just don't want to.

It hurt China as much as it hurt us.

Hurt China how? Do you really think they care how many peasants they have to kill to further their ambitions? History is pretty clear on that matter.

[roamer_1]

I've always maintained that it was a biological attack and have seen nothing to date that would alter my opinion. Beyond that, the way we reacted to it almost insures that we will see more, and much worse, in the future. It brings me no pleasure to say, but it truly is what I believe.

We are in agreement on that, @Bigun ... though maybe not on who the culprits were...

[roamer_1]

I absolutely believe it was a lab leak. But I can't believe it was intentional. Or maybe I just don't want to.

It hurt China as much as it hurt us.

It was intentional. I don't think it was China.

[Smokin Joe]

The other option is that it was intentionally released in a way to optimize its spread... Which, considering its outcome, and ready-to-be-delivered 'vaccines', with the head thief put in charge, seems far more credible to me.

I have said all along that it came from a lab, whether accidental or intentional.

The Lab origin is not so much in dispute any more.
The question, and many factors point to this, is one of whether it was a planned and intentional attack, not just on the US, but the world.

[roamer_1]

I have said all along that it came from a lab, whether accidental or intentional.

The Lab origin is not so much in dispute any more.
The question, and many factors point to this, is one of whether it was a planned and intentional attack, not just on the US, but the world.

That seems self evident to me.The move to 'Build Back Better' is not limited to the US, or North America...

[MeshugeMikey]

That seems self evident to me.The move to 'Build Back Better' is not limited to the US, or North America...

i think that you may be out on a limb

The DOnnys with ya though!