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Key articles on origins of Covid-19, gain-of-function research and biolabs

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Defense Intelligence Agency considered lab leak scenario in March 2020, new records show

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Some people wearing uniforms and masks standing near the Wuhan Institute of Virology

More than six years after COVID-19 emerged in China and killed millions worldwide, newly released intelligence records show that the Defense Intelligence Agency was evaluating a detailed lab-origin scenario as early as March 2020 — weeks into the pandemic and well before the issue became a subject of public debate.

USRTK asks ODNI to declassify documents about accidents at labs that store dangerous pathogens

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U.S. Right to Know (USRTK) has asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to declassify three documents about biosafety lapses occurring in laboratories that store dangerous pathogens. The mandatory declassification review (MDR) request responds to ODNI’s decision to withhold three classified documents responsive to a Freedom of Information Act request USRTK submitted USRTK asks ODNI to declassify documents about accidents at labs that store dangerous pathogens