The Department of Energy believes that the Covid pandemic originated from lab leak in China. The Wall Street Journal reported the new revelation, which is based on a classified intelligence report that is currently in the hands of the White House and several members of Congress.
The Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a lab leak, according to a classified intelligence report https://t.co/mO9cnU6Egc
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 26, 2023
This new twist in the official stance on the origin of Covid is based on new intelligence but goes against previous Department of Energy reports. For the time being, this new version will be labeled as "low confidence.” In this regard, the new report stresses that there are different beliefs about the origin of the pandemic. The Department of Energy and the FBI claim that the virus was probably spread as a result of an accident at a Chinese laboratory, as opposed to four other agencies and a national intelligence panel that still believe that the origin of the pandemic was the result of a natural transmission of the virus. Two other agencies are still undecided.
Government does not confirm new report
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated that he can neither "confirm or deny" the existence of this new intelligence report. In an interview for CNN's State of the Union program, the advisor assured that the Biden Administration is using every tool it has to determine the origin of the virus.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan "can't confirm or deny" the WSJ report on new intel that says Covid was leaked from a Chinese military bio research facility
— Wendell Husebø (@WendellHusebo) February 26, 2023
However, the Administration itself continues to play a game of ambiguity about the origin of the pandemic. Sullivan stated that the intelligence community does not have enough information to be certain about the origin of the Covid.
