the most likely origin of this was a lab leak, and I think that, you know, unfortunately, for political reasons and political narratives, it was difficult.
John Ratcliffe
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John Ratcliffe is a Republican politician from Texas who served as the Director of National Intelligence from May 2020 to January 2021. He was previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Texas's 4th congressional district from 2015 to 2020. During his time in Congress, Ratcliffe was known for his strong support of President Donald Trump and his focus on national security and intelligence issues. He played a prominent role in various investigations related to the Trump administration and was a vocal critic of the impeachment proceedings against Trump.
I think, you know, when you look at the intelligence community report that the Biden Administration put out in October 2021, they acknowledged that China's refusal to cooperate.
The fact that the Chinese have had literally spent years, and incredible efforts trying to obtain that information and have received zero information supporting one theory, whereas we know there is an incredible amount of evidence on the…
the intelligence certainly points to lab leak as the most plausible assessment, the only one supported by intelligence, science, and common sense at this point.
Absolutely, and in the case of China, the intelligence community has publicly addressed China as our top national security threat.
I believe that a great majority of those analysts do support the Department of Energy and the FBI analysis.
I believe that if we went below an advisory level of 2,500, I believe that the government of Afghanistan would likely collapse.
If there's something out there that's bigger or faster and stronger, we have really got to answer that question.
John Ratcliffe told CBS News this morning that the people who are getting the most out of this ongoing charade where Republicans pretend that maybe Biden didn't really win, that maybe Trump secretly won and we just have to figure out how…





