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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.

Apr 17, 2023

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.

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Apr 17, 2023

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.

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Apr 17, 2023

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…

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Apr 17, 2023

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.

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Apr 17, 2023

Absolutely, and in the case of China, the intelligence community has publicly addressed China as our top national security threat.

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Apr 17, 2023

I believe that a great majority of those analysts do support the Department of Energy and the FBI analysis.

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Sep 28, 2021

I believe that if we went below an advisory level of 2,500, I believe that the government of Afghanistan would likely collapse.

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Jun 29, 2021

If there's something out there that's bigger or faster and stronger, we have really got to answer that question.

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Dec 4, 2020

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…

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