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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TheCIA’sdecisiontoreleaseaBiden-eraassessmentfavoringtheoncewidely-dismissedCOVID-19lab-leakoriginstorymarksasteptowardtransparencywiththeAmericanpeople,newly-confirmedCIADirectorJohnRatcliffetoldFoxNewsonSunday.
Speakinginhisfirstinterviewsincebeingconfirmedastheagency’sdirectorlastThursday,RatcliffespelledouttheinsightshemadepublicshortlyaftertakingoverthepostandaffirmedtheimportanceofrestoringtrustinAmericaninstitutions.
“IhadtheopportunityonmyfirstdaytomakepublicanassessmentthatactuallytookplaceintheBidenadministration,soitcan’tbeaccusedofbeingpolitical,andtheCIAhasassessedthatthemostlikelycauseofthispandemicthathaswroughtsomuchdevastationaroundtheworldwasbecauseofalab-relatedincidentinWuhan,sowe’llcontinuetoinvestigatethatmovingforward,”hetold“SundayMorningFutures”hostMariaBartiromo.