CIA whistleblower claims agency concealed COVID lab leak theory.

CIA Whistleblower ‌Exposes Efforts to Suppress COVID Lab Leak Theory

A shocking‌ revelation has⁢ emerged from a CIA whistleblower who testified before Congress. The ‍whistleblower claims that the agency actively conspired to ⁢undermine its own investigative team’s assessment ⁣that the COVID-19 virus likely originated from a lab leak in Wuhan, China.

The unnamed‍ source, a ⁣senior-level CIA officer, disclosed to House committee leaders that the agency went as far as ‌offering financial incentives ‍to convince six analysts on its COVID Discovery Team, who initially supported the lab leak theory, to change⁤ their stance.

“According to the whistleblower, at the end of its review, six of the‍ seven members ⁢of the Team believed the‍ intelligence and science were sufficient to make ‍a low confidence ‍assessment that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China,” stated‍ Reps. Brad ⁤Wenstrup (R., ​Ohio) and Mike Turner ‌(R., Ohio), chairmen of the Select Subcommittee on⁤ the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,‌ in a letter to ‍the agency.

The lawmakers have demanded the CIA to​ provide all relevant documents and⁤ communications related to the COVID Discovery Team.

According to the Republicans, the whistleblower revealed that the‌ six analysts were offered a “significant monetary incentive” to alter‍ their conclusion.

Growing Consensus on⁣ Lab Leak Theory

Multiple ​federal agencies, including the Energy Department ‍and FBI, ​have independently reached‌ the conclusion that the virus likely originated from a Chinese lab,‌ lending further credibility to⁣ the lab leak theory.

Biden Administration Takes Action

In ‌response to ongoing investigations by Republicans into the lab leak theory, the Biden administration made the ⁤decision in ​July⁣ to cut funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.