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ODNI declassified IC origins assessment

Intelligence Community remained divided: FBI (moderate confidence lab) and DOE (low confidence lab); several elements favored natural origin; CIA previously undecided.

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CIA origins assessment shift — Jan. 25, 2025
Tier 2 · report · Low confidence: research-related origin more likely than natural
ODNI — Report on Potential Links Between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Origins of COVID-19
Tier 1 · report · June 23, 2023 declassified report under P.L. 118-2

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COVID-19 origins

IC split historically; CIA (Jan 2025) shifted to low-confidence lab-lean. No definitive public resolution.