The CIA offered to pay off analysts in order to bury their findings that COVID-19 most likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China, new whistleblower testimony to Congress alleges.

Politics CIA becomes latest intel agency to conclude COVID-19 likely originated from Chinese lab leak By Ryan King Published Jan. 26, 2025, 9:14 a.m. ET ...

The CIA has changed its assessment on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, now favoring the lab leak theory. But some worry this could be an indication of politicization.