Spy office confirms at least one intelligence agency is leaning toward COVID lab leak hypothesis

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The intelligence community has confirmed that at least one of its 18 spy agencies is leaning toward the Wuhan lab leak hypothesis on COVID-19’s origins while two are leaning toward a natural origin, with the vast majority remaining undecided as the spy offices investigate both possibilities.

This follows a call from President Joe Biden on Wednesday for the intelligence community to “redouble” its efforts to get to the bottom of how the global pandemic began, amid continued intransigence from the Chinese Communist Party.

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