The Central Intelligence Agency said COVID-19 likely originated from a lab leak in China in a Saturday statement, pivoting from a previously neutral stance just a few days after Director John ...

The Central Intelligence Agency on Saturday said it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a ...

The CIA has shifted its stance on the origin of Covid-19, suggesting a lab leak is more likely than a natural origin based on existing intelligence. This assessment follows John Ratcliffe's ...

“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,” a spokesperson for the ...

“CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible.” Ratcliffe said he supported theories that the virus was developed ...

CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely caused outbreak The agency said it has “low confidence” in its judgment and that it would continue evaluating new intelligence ...