CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory, anonymous whistleblower claims

Heresy_generator, 8 months ago

Representative Brad Wenstrup (R–OH), who chairs the House of Representatives’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, says his panel and the House’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have heard testimony from a whistleblower “who presents as a highly credible senior-level CIA officer.” According to the press release

"presents as"

Jesus Fucking Christ they didn't even verify their single source's background before publishing a press release.

protist, 8 months ago

A highly dubious source, the “anonymous whistleblower” speaking through the Republican Party, but I’m still uncertain what benefit is derived from investigating this? What does it matter whether it was a lab leak or zoonotic transmission at this point?

HeartyBeast, 8 months ago

What does it matter whether it was a lab leak or zoonotic transmission at this point?

Well, possibly quite important if you want to assess the risk posed by wet markets. And if it was a lab leak (personally, I think less likely) you'd want to know where processes failed, and possibly some heads to roll.

Zima, 8 months ago

It would show that the current safety protocols are inadequate and unless they are improved any future and ongoing research on gain of function or anything close to bioweapons is putting mankind at risk. It’s important to keep a historical perspective and remember how many doctors died treating ebola even though they used ppe.

TigrisMorte, 8 months ago

left off the last bit that should have been on the headline, "without evidence"