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As international pressure mounts for an investigation into the origins of the deadly coronavirus, officials in the State Department say they are increasingly wary about Secretary Mike Pompeo continuing to push a theory that scientists and foreign intelligence officials have already shot down, claiming it could have disastrous diplomatic consequences.
President Donald Trump and Pompeo have for weeks publicly pushed the story that the coronavirus originated in and escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, where scientists were conducting experiments. In a press conference last week, Pompeo said there was enormous evidence that the virus originated in the lab. China has denied the claims. And foreign intelligence officials and even members of the White Houses own coronavirus task force have pushed back against that claim, saying the virus most likely originated in the wild and was naturally transmitted from animal to human, possibly in a public market.
Those contradictions have senior officials at the State Department, six of whom spoke to The Daily Beast, on edge, worrying that the secretary, in particular, is moving too quickly to publicly conclude what intelligence officials around the world are either still trying to understand or have said is inaccurate.
The public declarations by Pompeo have already begun to disrupt diplomatic relationships between the State Department and its allies, multiple officials said. One official told The Daily Beast that their counterparts in Europe and Australia have over the past week voiced frustration at Pompeo, saying his statements not only contradict parts of their intelligence assessments but that they would make it difficult for the countries to get China to allow an independent investigation. Another official said Europes skittishness was a result of needing medical equipment from China.
https://news.yahoo.com/pompeo-unproven-covid-19-claims-090609682.html
Dominionist asshole who thinks he can hurry up the end times.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)around are in charge.
How the patriots of this country have not acted out yet is amazing.
We are being killed, murdered by the GOP.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)legit Intelligence Agencies around the world confirming that the virus did not come from a lab, and even Dr. Fauci saying same, then what?
At this point in time The United States of America's Intelligence Community sucks.
mucifer
(23,550 posts)"both sides" bull crap.
paleotn
(17,931 posts)And rapture Pompeo's ass. Personally, I wish all the evilgelicals would just leave.
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)Seriously, the Republican voter is chronically stupid!