CIA bribed officials to cover up COVID-19 lab-leak theory? Whistleblower made a big revelation

It’s been three years since COVID-19 struck the world, killing countless people and seeing unprecedented shutdowns across the world. However, we are far from knowing how this disease arose. Was it a case of infection spreading from an infected animal to people or was it engineered in China’s Wuhan lab and then leaked? Now, following the testimony of a new whistleblower to the US Congress, new claims and theories that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory and then leaked around the world are gaining strength. A Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) whistleblower has claimed that the US spy agency bribed six of its own analysts to say that COVID-19 did not originate in the Wuhan lab. What testimony did the CIA officer give? How has the US spy agency responded? Let us understand the whole matter in detail.

What claims came out regarding Covid?

The whistleblower, claiming to be an experienced serving agency officer, has claimed in a congressional investigation that the CIA assigned seven officers to a COVID Discovery Team, which included multidisciplinary and experienced officers along with significant scientific . According to the CIA official, at the end of its review six of the team’s seven members believed the intelligence and science were sufficient for a low-confidence assessment that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. Was born from. The seventh most senior member of the team believed it evolved naturally. The whistleblower alleged that the other six were paid money to change their positions. These claims came after Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, and Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote a letter to CIA Director William Burns, calling on the CIA by September 26. Said to get all the documents, communication and payment related information from the Covid Discovery Team of . These allegations, from a seemingly credible source, require the committees to further monitor how the CIA handled its internal investigation into the origins of COVID-19.

What does the CIA say?

Responding to the allegations, CIA spokesperson Tammy Kupperman Thorpe said in a written statement that we are committed to the highest standards of analytical rigor, integrity, and impartiality. We don’t pay analysts to reach specific conclusions. We take these allegations very seriously and are looking into them. We will keep our congressional oversight committees appropriately informed. The US agency further confirmed that they are investigating the allegations made by the whistleblower.