Analysis released by new director, John Ratcliffe, suggests the agency believes totality of evidence makes a lab origin

The nuanced finding suggests the agency believes the totality of evidence makes a lab origin more likely than a natural origin. But the agency’s assessment assigns a low degree of confidence to this conclusion, suggesting the evidence is deficient, inconclusive or contradictory.

  • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment released on Saturday that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

    A low confidence finding essentially means the evidence to support that theory is incomplete or questionable.

    Aside from the fact that even the CIA doesn’t believe this, isn’t this the same shit we talked about 2 years ago?

    • OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      It’s a low confidence theory, but still the most likely theory based on the available evidence. And yeah it’s not new news.