CIA Faces Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Investigation: Whistleblower Alleges Incentives to Alter Conclusions

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  • Source: Wayne Dupree
  • 12/27/2023
The CIA is facing a lawsuit from a group associated with the Heritage Foundation. The lawsuit is centered around the disclosure of records related to the agency's investigation into COVID-19. The legal action comes in response to allegations made by a whistleblower, who claimed that analysts were offered financial incentives to alter their conclusions regarding the pandemic.

Last week, the Oversight Project, an independent government watchdog initiated by the Heritage Foundation, took legal action by filing a lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). According to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by The Daily Caller, the objective of the lawsuit is to compel the agency to provide records related to its investigation into the origins of COVID-19.

The suit filed is based on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), specifically 5 U.S.C. § 552. It aims to obtain CIA records pertaining to allegations surrounding the actions of the CIA's COVID Discovery Team. This team is responsible for examining the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The allegations suggest that members of this team were given financial incentives to alter their stance on the origins of the virus.

The Oversight Project initiated its efforts to obtain CIA records subsequent to a whistleblower's testimony before Congress. The whistleblower alleged that the agency had allegedly provided financial incentives to its analysts in order to manipulate their conclusions regarding the origins of COVID-19. The official findings of the CIA regarding the origin of the illness are inconclusive.

According to assessments conducted by the Energy Department and the FBI, the most probable source of the virus can be attributed to a leak that occurred at a laboratory situated in Wuhan, China. According to five additional agencies, it has been suggested that the disease may have initially spread through natural transmission or from animals to humans via a wet market or another means.

In September, during the investigation into the origins of COVID-19, it was reported that a senior-level CIA officer allegedly claimed that the agency had provided financial incentives to its COVID investigators in order to influence their conclusions. The Republicans serving on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have made a formal request to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for additional information pertaining to its ongoing investigation.

In a statement provided by Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup, who chairs the subcommittee, and Ohio Rep. Mike Turner, who chairs the Intelligence committee, it was revealed that the whistleblower has reported that, after conducting a thorough review, six out of the seven members of the Team have concluded that the intelligence and scientific evidence available are satisfactory to support a low confidence assessment that COVID-19 originated from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

According to Kyle Brosnan, the chief counsel of the Oversight Project, there is a lack of transparency from both the CIA and the Biden administration regarding crucial details pertaining to the origins of COVID-19.

According to a CIA whistleblower, there are allegations suggesting that the agency engaged in the practice of bribing its own employees in order to impede investigations aimed at uncovering the true origins of the virus. According to the New York Post, Brosnan stated that they are currently engaged in a legal battle in federal court in order to address and resolve the obstruction that is being faced.





 

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