from The National Pulse:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was reportedly refused the opportunity to brief President Joe Biden on evidence suggesting a lab leak as the origin of COVID-19, according to allegations made on Thursday. Jason Bannan, a former senior FBI scientist, claimed the agency expected an invitation to the National Intelligence Council (NIC) briefing due to its assessment that a laboratory origin was more probable. Bannan expressed surprise at the exclusion, noting the FBI had the highest confidence in its analysis regarding the pandemic’s source.
In response, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence stated that the intelligence community had presented diverse perspectives to the President, including the NIC’s view that COVID-19 likely originated from animal-to-human transmission. This assessment, however, was made with low confidence. The agency’s spokesman said it is against standard practice to invite representatives from individual agencies to presidential briefings.
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President Biden initiated an investigation into the virus’s origin in May 2021, including various intelligence bodies and national laboratories. The FBI’s findings, which indicated a lab leak was the probable cause, were given moderate confidence. Despite this, the differing viewpoint from the NIC, favoring natural transmission, was communicated to the President.
Bannan, now retired, advocates for a re-analysis of the lab leak evidence, suggesting that crucial data was possibly overlooked.
The joint U.S. review completed in August 2021 concluded that fully understanding the virus’s origin would be challenging without greater cooperation from China. To date, China has participated in a joint study with the World Health Organization, which suggested the virus most likely transferred from bats to humans via another animal.
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