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Comment by Matt Pottinger

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Former deputy national security adviser
There is a growing body of evidence that the lab [WIV] is likely the most credible source of the virus [...] The case it was making was for following up on these important leads.
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Dany Shoham, “The Quest for the Coronavirus Progenitor: Integrating Intelligence and Science,” BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,022, May 11, 2021.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says the WIV lab is "likely the most credible source of the virus" and frames the issue as following up on leads about the outbreak’s origin, which strongly points toward a lab-related origin rather than natural spillover. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote says the WIV/lab is 'likely the most credible source of the virus,' and the surrounding article frames COVID-19 as an 'unnatural contagion scenario' needing scrutiny of Wuhan lab evidence. That strongly supports a lab-related origin rather than natural spillover. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago

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AI Verified I found the quote in Shoham’s May 11, 2021 BESA Center paper, where it is attributed to former deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger and matches the submitted excerpt. ([besacenter.org](https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2022-Coronavirus-Integrate-Intel-and-Science-Shoham-final.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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