CIA Accused of Offering Money to Suppress COVID Lab Leak Evidence: Whistleblower

A CIA whistleblower has alleged that the agency offered officials a "significant monetary incentive" to change their positions on the origins of COVID-19, from it originating from a leak at the Wuhan lab to being "unable to determine" the origins. The whistleblower claims that six out of seven members of the CIA's COVID Discovery Team believed that the virus originated from the lab, but were given financial incentives to change their stance. Lawmakers have requested further oversight into the CIA's internal investigation into the origins of COVID-19. The intelligence community has not reached a conclusive determination on whether the pandemic originated from a lab leak or natural exposure.