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(LifeSiteNews) – In a dramatic shift from the conventional wisdom about a theory that was once widely derided as conspiratorial misinformation, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) now believes that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab,
The Wall Street Journal reported that a “classified intelligence report,” just under five pages and “recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress,” reveals that DOE has, with “low confidence,” concluded the virus that sparked a global pandemic in 2020 most likely spread after escaping from a lab in Communist China, based on unspecified new intelligence, review of academic literature, and expert opinion.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly takes the same position (with “moderate confidence”); the National Intelligence Council and four other unspecified agencies continue to hold (with “low confidence”) that COVID spread naturally, according to the report.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan declined to comment on the report but told CNN that “President Biden specifically requested that the national labs, which are part of the Energy Department, be brought into this assessment because he wants to put every tool
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