According to the whistleblower, the Agency assigned seven officers to a COVID Discovery Team (Team). The Team consisted of multi-disciplinary and experienced officers with significant scientific expertise.
Sep 12, 2023 · 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.
Did Covid-19 originate in a Wuhan lab? Here's what CIA thinks
Jan 27, 2025 · As part of this review, then-CIA Director William J Burns urged analysts to take a definitive position on the origins of COVID-19, though he remained neutral on which theory they should support. ... during the visit by the World Health Organization team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China ...
William J. Burns (diplomat) - Wikipedia
William Joseph Burns (born April 11, 1956) [2] is an American diplomat and served as the 8th director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Biden administration from March 19, 2021 to January 20, 2025. [3] He previously served as U.S. deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014; in 2009 he served as acting secretary of state for a …
CIA believes COVID likely originated from a lab | AP News
Jan 25, 2025 · A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province, Feb. 3, 2021. ... and the report released Saturday was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns. It was declassified and released Saturday ...
Dr. Rand Paul Leads Follow-Up Letter Requesting Information on …
Jan 26, 2024 · WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and 18 other senators sent a follow-up letter to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J. Burns, requesting information on a previous request regarding whistleblower allegations disclosed by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and House ...
C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins
Jan 25, 2025 · As part of that review, the agency’s previous director, William J. Burns, told analysts that they needed to take a position on the origins of Covid, though he was agnostic on which theory they ...
U.S. Spy Chief Took on Role of Negotiator in Gaza War
Jan 18, 2025 · For his first three years as the head of the C.I.A., William J. Burns was relentlessly focused on tripling the agency’s resources devoted to understanding China, and on countering Russia and...
Transcript: NPR's full conversation with CIA Director William Burns
Jan 10, 2025 · In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns about the resurgence of ISIS, and what's next for the intel community.
Sen. Johnson Joins Follow-Up Letter Requesting Information on …
Jan 26, 2024 · WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, M.D. (R-Ky.) and 17 of their Senate GOP colleagues in sending a follow-up letter to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J. Burns, reiterating previous information requests regarding whistleblower allegations disclosed by the House ...