The CIA has changed its assessment on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, now favoring the lab leak theory. But some worry this could be an indication of politicization.

Outgoing CIA Director William Burns had told analysts that instead of remaining neutral on the different theories about Covid’s origins, they should take a position — though he did not express ...

"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.

On his way out, former CIA Director William Burns had called on the agency to take a stance on COVID-19’s origins instead of staying neutral, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab. The assessment was declassified and released Saturday on the orders of President Trump’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 CIA spokesperson ...

New CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered the covid origins analysis declassified, which a spokesperson described as a “low-confidence” assessment.

CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak. The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from.

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released Saturday that points the finger at China even while ...

The CIA Wakes Up About Covid’s Origin. ... but the Central Intelligence Agency has finally come around to thinking the likeliest source of the Covid-19 virus was a lab in Wuhan, China.

Outgoing CIA Director William Burns had told analysts that instead of remaining neutral on the different theories about Covid’s origins, they should take a position — though he did not express ...