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Comment by Central Intelligence Agency
Foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government
CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting.AI Verified (Jan 25, 2025)
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The quote is directly about the complete statement: it explicitly contrasts a research-related origin with a natural origin and says the former is more likely, which makes the source’s stance on the lab-versus-zoonotic question clearly determinable. The low-confidence qualifier affects certainty, not relevance. ([cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-covid-likely-originated-lab-low-confidence-assessment/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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The quote explicitly says the CIA judged, albeit "with low confidence," that a "research-related origin ... is more likely than a natural origin," which supports the statement over zoonotic spillover while noting uncertainty.
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YouCongress
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CBS News’s source URL contains the quote verbatim: “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” and attributes it to “a spokesperson for the agency” in a statement. Independent contemporaneous coverage from AP, The Washington Post, and NBC News repeats the same sentence as a CIA/CIA spokesperson statement issued on January 25, 2025, so the quote is authentic, correctly attributed to the Central Intelligence Agency as an organizational speaker, and the stored date/source are acceptable canonical values. ([cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-covid-likely-originated-lab-low-confidence-assessment/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
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