Senior members of the Australian intelligence community told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age a research document shared in political circles under the Five Eyes intelligence arrangement was mostly based on news reports and contained no material from intelligence gathering.
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Coronavirus: US allies tread lightly around Trump lab claims
(today)
UK officials believe it is not possible to be absolutely sure about the origins but point to scientific opinion suggesting the most likely scenario is …
Five Eyes network contradicts theory Covid-19 leaked from lab
(04.05.2020)
There is no current evidence to suggest that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese research laboratory, intelligence sources have told the Guardian, contradicting recent White House claims that there is growing proof this is how the pandemic began.
The sources also insisted that a “15-page dossier” highlighted by the Australian Daily Telegraph which accused China of a deadly cover up was not culled from intelligence from the Five Eyes network, an alliance between the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
This Week‘ Transcript 5-3-20: Mike Pompeo, Gov. Mike DeWine, Ronna McDaniel, Tom Perez
(03.05.2020)
RADDATZ: Do you believe it was manmade or genetically modified?
POMPEO: Look, the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade. I have no reason to disbelieve that at this point.
RADDATZ: Your — your Office of the DNI says the consensus, the scientific consensus was not manmade or genetically modified.
POMPEO: That‘s right. I — I — I agree with that. Yes. I‘ve — I‘ve seen their analysis. I‘ve seen the summary that you saw that was released publicly. I have no reason to doubt that that is accurate at this point.
5 RADDATZ: OK, so just to be clear, you do not think it was manmade or genetically modified? POMPEO: I‘ve seen what the intelligence community has said. I have no reason to believe that they‘ve got it wrong.
Pompeo Ties Coronavirus to China Lab, Despite Spy Agencies’ Uncertainty
Speaking on the ABC program “This Week,” Mr. Pompeo, the former C.I.A. chief and one of the senior administration officials who is most hawkish on dealing with China, said that “there’s enormous evidence” that the coronavirus came from the lab, though he agreed with the intelligence assessment that there was no indication that the virus was man-made or genetically modified.