State Dept. emails show interagency infighting over probe into COVID-19 lab leak theory
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EXCLUSIVE: Emails between two top State Department officials show the intense mistrust and interagency infighting between the department’s COVID-19 investigative team and the arms control bureaucracy over the claim the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China.
Jan 4 emails between Ford, DiNanno by Fox News on Scribd Jan 6 emails between Ford, DiNanno by Fox News on Scribd Ford was pushing back against a panel of experts’ investigation launched by the department into the origins of COVID-19, and wrote that he wanted to subject the investigative team to a higher level scrutiny. In the emails, Ford claims the investigative team kept him out of the loop, made "not-exactly-confidence-inspiring arguments" about the lab-leak theory and delayed any substantive review from scientific experts. In a Jan. 4 email, Ford tells DiNanno and David Asher -- a contractor who established the panel -- that he was "all for demanding more transparency" of China and "delighted to press their feet to the fire for the honesty and clarity they’ve so far refused to provide."More Related News
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