Staff Reports
The saga of COVID-19’s origins continues to unfold, and it appears to be heading back to where many cautious observers always suspected: a lab in Wuhan. Recently confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe is stepping up to the plate on this one, confidently suggesting that the Biden administration’s past efforts to deny or obscure the lab-leak theory may not stand much longer. It looks like the “Biden cover-up” may be facing a serious challenge from one of its own.
On his very first day, Ratcliffe opted to dig into the COVID-19 intelligence that had been quietly sitting around, gathering dust—much like the Biden administration’s accountability. He indicated that the CIA has reassessed its findings regarding the pandemic’s origins and determined that the most likely culprit was indeed a lab-related incident in Wuhan. For an agency that likes to play its cards close to its vest, this newfound clarity is as refreshing as a cold glass of conservative lemonade.
The CIA analysis supporting lab origin of COVID was completed and published internally during the Biden administration.
It was withheld from the public by the Biden administration in violation of the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023, which mandated release.https://t.co/mOa1xc1cuX
— Richard H. Ebright (@R_H_Ebright) January 25, 2025
In the wake of calls for transparency that were routinely squashed under the weight of bureaucratic red tape, Ratcliffe’s remarks are a clear indication that some in the intelligence community are ready to let the truth shine through. He recounted how past attempts to declassify information were met with serious resistance during the Biden administration—an administration that seems more keen on obscuring the facts than presenting them. When the CIA’s own analysts are being blocked from laying out what they know, the word “cover-up” starts to ring pretty loud.
The former DNI expressed that the CIA is the world’s foremost intelligence agency, yet it seems incredible that three and a half years after the pandemic began, the agency is still struggling to compile a definitive assessment about its origins. It’s almost as if they were busy managing narratives rather than investigating the facts. Meanwhile, the American public, through all the convoluted rhetoric of politicians and bureaucrats, finds itself in dire need of some straightforward answers.
Ultimately, the dust is beginning to settle on a conversation that was dangerously diverted for years. Ratcliffe maintains that the American people deserve transparency regarding the origins of COVID-19. As cracks begin to emerge in the narrative that tried to place the blame elsewhere, those who sought to bury the lab-leak theory could soon find themselves on the defensive. If there is one thing that’s abundantly clear, it’s that the reckless and authoritarian nature of the Chinese Communist Party may hold the key to understanding a pandemic that changed the world—and the American people are overdue for the truth.
