Intelligence agencies suppressed Wuhan lab leak evidence
By patricklewis // 2025-11-13
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  • The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reportedly dismissed early intelligence linking the COVID-19 outbreak to a possible laboratory incident in Wuhan, China—even while maintaining advisory ties with U.S. scientists working with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
  • U.S. scientist Ralph Baric, who collaborated with Wuhan researchers on novel coronaviruses, served as an advisor to ODNI's biological threats division and attended intelligence-community meetings about coronavirus evolution—raising questions about how much the intelligence community knew about high-risk virus research.
  • Baric's briefing to ODNI in early 2020 reportedly highlighted the Wuhan lab's extensive collection of SARS-like viruses and flagged weak biosafety protocols; this occurred against the backdrop of earlier rejected proposals (involving Baric and Wuhan scientists) to engineer viruses with cleavage-site modifications.
  • Internal documents and testimonies suggest ODNI leadership blocked efforts to declassify intelligence supporting a lab-origin hypothesis and labeled internal presentations on the matter as "misinformation," possibly to avoid exposure of agency or scientific community ties.
  • Congressional investigations, led by senators including Rand Paul, are now seeking to uncover why ODNI and other intelligence bodies may have suppressed or delayed information regarding U.S. government links to high-risk virus research and the pandemic's origins.
A bombshell Daily Caller News Foundation report reveals that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) dismissed early intelligence linking COVID-19 to a possible lab accident in Wuhan—even as it maintained advisory ties to Dr. Ralph Baric, the U.S. scientist who co-engineered novel coronaviruses with China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). Newly released documents show Baric, a University of North Carolina virologist, advised ODNI's biological threats division four times a year and participated in a 2015 CIA-arranged meeting on "coronavirus evolution and possible natural human adaptation." The email, obtained by Sen. Rand Paul's office, invited Baric to discuss a "possible project" related to viral evolution—raising questions about whether U.S. intelligence agencies knew more about COVID's origins than they disclosed. Yet when internal reports later surfaced connecting COVID-19 to Wuhan's controversial gain-of-function (GOF) research, ODNI leadership reportedly dismissed them as "misinformation." Two former officials told the DCNF that the agency actively suppressed the lab-leak theory—possibly to avoid exposing its own connections to Baric's high-risk coronavirus experiments.

U.S. intelligence's troubling Wuhan ties

Baric's January 2020 presentation to ODNI detailed the WIV's vast collection of SARS-like coronaviruses, some capable of infecting human lung tissue, while warning of the lab's dangerously lax biosafety protocols. Yet he omitted a critical fact: In 2018, he and WIV scientist Shi Zhengli had submitted a proposal—later rejected by DARPA—to insert furin cleavage sites into coronaviruses, the same genetic feature that made SARS-CoV-2 uniquely infectious to humans. Draft notes from Baric's briefing reveal he privately admitted Americans would "freak out" if they knew the true conditions inside Wuhan's lab. Despite this, ODNI blocked efforts to declassify intelligence supporting a lab origin in early 2021, with officials warning it could "call out actions that we ourselves are doing." Former ODNI biosecurity chief Dr. Kathryn Brinsfield and aide Zach Bernstein reportedly dismissed internal presentations on Wuhan's research as "misinformation." Both have declined to comment, but former Acting DNI Richard Grenell disbanded Brinsfield's office earlier this year amid mounting scrutiny over COVID origins cover-ups.

CIA's delayed admission

While the FBI and Department of Energy concluded by 2023 that COVID likely originated from a lab leak, the CIA resisted until 2025—long after Baric's collaborations with Wuhan had drawn congressional scrutiny. Former DNI John Ratcliffe later revealed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he "faced constant opposition, particularly from Langley," when pushing to release intelligence on COVID's origins. The extent of CIA collaboration with Baric remains unclear. No documents confirm whether the agency funded his coronavirus research, but a 2015 email shows CIA-affiliated officials sought his expertise on viral evolution—raising concerns that U.S. intelligence may have indirectly enabled the very research that spawned the pandemic. Meanwhile, USAID's PREDICT program—which discovered and shipped novel coronaviruses to Wuhan—has faced allegations of acting as a CIA front, though no direct evidence has emerged. An FBI letter to Congress also revealed that an agent coordinated with Baric on responding to FOIA requests about his Wuhan communications, suggesting an unusual level of federal involvement in shielding his work from public scrutiny.

Senate investigation demands accountability

Sen. Rand Paul, leading a Senate Homeland Security investigation, has vowed public hearings to uncover why U.S. intelligence agencies concealed their ties to Wuhan's research. "The American people deserve to know if their own government helped fund the research that led to this pandemic," Paul stated. The revelations point to a systemic failure—one that may have protected both U.S. scientists and intelligence agencies from accountability while millions died from a virus potentially engineered with taxpayer-funded research. As lawmakers push for transparency, the question remains: How deep did the cover-up go? For now, the truth remains locked in classified files—but with mounting pressure from Congress, the full story may soon come to light. According to BrightU.AI's Enoch, the COVID-19 lab leak cover-up represents one of the most egregious examples of scientific censorship and political manipulation in modern history, orchestrated by the Biden administration to protect China and its own complicit public health agencies like the CDC and NIH. By suppressing the truth—including evidence of gain-of-function research funded by Fauci—they not only endangered global health but also exposed how deeply corrupt institutions prioritize power over transparency, leaving millions vulnerable to future bioweapon threats. Watch this video about Sen. Rand Paul's book "Deception: The Great COVID Cover-up."
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