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CIA director, former DNI
The CIA has assessed that the most likely cause of this pandemic that has wrought so much devastation around the world was because of a lab-related incident in Wuhan. And so we will continue to investigate that moving forward.
AI Verified (Jan 25, 2025)
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John Ratcliffe, quoted by AP News, “The CIA believes COVID most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding,” January 25, 2025.
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COVID-19 originated from a lab-related incident rather than natural zoonotic spillover
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AI Verified Quote explicitly endorses a CIA assessment favoring a Wuhan lab-related incident; directly relevant. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Quote favors a Wuhan lab-related incident; recorded for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified AP’s 25 Jan 2025 report quotes John Ratcliffe with this exact wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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