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2. Meanwhile, the CIA is now giving more credence to the lab leak theory.

CIA shifts assessment on Covid origins, saying lab leak likely caused outbreak

Jan. 25, 2025, 2:02 PM CST
By Dan De Luce

The CIA said Saturday it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic but added that the agency had “low confidence” in its judgment.

“CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely than a natural origin based on the available body of reporting,” a CIA spokesperson said in a statement. “CIA continues to assess that both research-related and natural origin scenarios of the COVID-19 pandemic remain plausible.”

The spokesperson added that the agency has “low confidence in this judgement” and will continue to evaluate any new intelligence reporting or relevant information.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cia-shifts-assessment-covid-origins-saying-lab-leak-likely-caused-outb-rcna189284

I know that you have criticized Tony before, but trying to insult his credibility as a journalist is ridiculous since he was merely reporting what the CIA had assessed. If anything, it would be irresponsible for a journalist not to provide that assessment by the CIA. While I agree that the origin of COVID-19 cannot be determined with hard evidence and there are political overtones in the CIA report, criticizing the messenger is uncalled for.