CIA Now Says SARS-CoV-2 Is More Likely To Have Been Leaked From Lab

NBC News (1/25, De Luce) reported that the CIA “on Saturday said it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely” that SARS-CoV-2 “was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic but added that the agency had ‘low confidence’ in its judgment.” The agency’s “assessment was not based on new intelligence but on analysts reviewing existing information, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.” The Hill (1/25, Fields) and Politico (1/25, Paun, Sakellariadis) also covered the story.