Fri Aug 25, 2023 – 2:18 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The Biden administration omitted expert conclusions that COVID-19 was most likely lab-engineered from its formal inquiry into the virus’s origins, according to an exclusive Sky News report.
In June, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released a report on possible links between China’s controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) and the worldwide spread of COVID-19, which ultimately declined to endorse a firm conclusion on the virus’s origins or share new information with the public.
The report, mandated by the COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023 passed unanimously by Congress in March, declined to endorse any theory over another, instead noting that different agencies endorsed different explanations, but ultimately, “[a]lmost all IC agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 was not genetically engineered. Most agencies assess that SARS-CoV-2 was not laboratory-adapted; some are unable to make a determination.”
The report fell far short of the Origin Act’s call for “any and all information” relevant to the question, according to lead sponsor Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). It also neglected to contend with, and in some cases appeared to directly contradict, developments in the case that have previously been reported,
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