The problem for the lab-leak position is that the U.S. has never had access to the Wuhan lab and has thus been unable to ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) backs the COVID-19 lab leak theory, Knewz.com can reveal. According to an assessment by new CIA director John Ratcliffe, the agency has “low confidence” in this ...

The CIA on Saturday offered a new assessment on the origin of the Covid outbreak, saying the coronavirus is "more likely" to ...

On January 25, 2025, however, the CIA revised its previous assessment, announcing that it now favored a laboratory-associated ...

The announcement follows the arrival of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the agency.

The CIA now believes the virus ... of whether the virus escaped from a lab in Wuhan. Two years ago a report by the Energy Department concluded a lab leak was the most likely origin, though that ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took a victory lap for President Trump on the IA's recent assessment that ...

WASHINGTON: The CIA has said for years that it did not have enough information to conclude whether the COVID-19 pandemic emerged naturally from a wet market in Wuhan, China, or from an accidental leak ...

at a Wuhan market. Republican Senator Tom Cotton, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, hailed the CIA’s conclusion as vindication for lab-leak advocates. "Now, the most important thing ...

Should the lab leak theory be dismissed ... in the high-security labs in the Wuhan province, as reported by The New York Times. While the CIA now thinks it is most likely that the virus originated ...

The analysis includes a closer look at high-security labs in Wuhan, China. Ratcliffe, a proponent of the lab leak theory, emphasized the importance of the CIA's involvement in the discussion ...