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'COVID Originated...': Trump's CIA Chief John Ratcliffe Shock's Americans With Pro-China Statement
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Covid DID Leak From Lab — Confirms CIA After Years Of Probes Into Chinese Research Facilities Including Wuhan
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CIA: Lab leak now 'more likely' as cause of COVID
The Central Intelligence Agency said the COVID-19 pandemic “more likely” originated from a lab leak than a natural source, shifting its stance after previously saying both scenarios were
Cotton pitches tariffs on China to make it pay for ‘unleashing’ COVID-19
Cotton's pitch comes after the CIA switched its view on the origins of COVID-19 to the belief it likely originated from a Chinese lab leak.
New CIA boss Ratcliffe says Biden-era report backing lab-leak theory released to 'restore' trust
Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.
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John Ratcliffe Confirmed as CIA Director
John Ratcliffe promises to prioritize China threat as CIA director
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Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms John Ratcliffe To Lead CIA Despite Dem Holdouts
Trump CIA pick John Ratcliffe vows to root out political ‘biases,’ focus on threats from China
The former Texas congressman said he wanted to the CIA to bring back the recruiting ideal of ‘a Ph.D. who could win a bar fight.’
The Texas Tribune on MSN3d
Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe confirmed as CIA director
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed former Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe to serve as the next director of the CIA on Thursday.
FOX News on MSN11d
John Ratcliffe says US faces 'most challenging security environment' ever in confirmation hearing
CIA nominee John Ratcliffe is telling senators about how he’ll reshape the intelligence community in what he calls "the most challenging national security environment in our nation’s history."
The Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to lead the CIA, giving President Trump his second Cabinet member
The Senate on Thursday confirmed John Ratcliffe as CIA director, giving President Donald Trump the second member of his new Cabinet.
Orlando Sentinel11d
John Ratcliffe, Trump’s CIA pick, tells senators the agency is ‘not where we’re supposed to be’
China and other adversaries. John Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, told lawmakers that if confirmed, he would push the agency to do more to ...
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CIA says ‘more likely’ COVID-19 escaped from a lab
The intelligence agency says it has ‘low confidence’ in assessment and will continue to evaluate credible information.
The Columbian8h
CIA believes COVID most likely originated from lab
The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknow
CIA believes COVID-19 most likely originated from lab but has low confidence in its own finding
The finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural origin, but the agency's assessment assigns a low degree of confidence to this conclusion.