A CIA whistleblower has told Congress the agency bribed its own analysts to say Covid-19 did not originate in a Wuhan lab.
According to a veteran ‘senior-level’ serving agency officer, the CIA assigned seven officers to a Covid Discovery Team.
At the end of their investigation six of the seven believed the intelligence pointed to a low-confidence assessment that Covid-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
The seventh member, the most senior on the team, believed it evolved naturally. The other six were then given a ‘significant monetary incentive to change their position,’ according to the whistleblower.
The CIA ultimately refused to make an assessment even with low confidence.
‘Both hypotheses rely on significant assumptions or face challenges with conflicting reporting,’ according to the agency.
The CIA denied engaging in bribery and said it would investigate the allegations.
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