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Coronavirus Did Not Originate in Wuhan, Scientists Say
Wuhan, China where the coronavirus was first detected. (Credit: South China Morning Post) From the South China Morning Post “Wuhan...
How One Small U.S. Agency Is Hobbling the President-Elect Biden’s Pandemic Team
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The Spies Who Predicted COVID-19
Former CIA spokesman Kent Harrington runs down the history of warnings from the intelligence community about pandemics. There were quite...
Intelligence Findings on COVID19 Origins: Not Man-Made or Genetically Modified
“I will tell you, more and more, we’re hearing the story [that the new coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab,” President Trump...
Another Scientist Who Says COVID19 Was Not Man-Made
Professor Francois Balloux of the Genetics Department of the University College of London tweets that the genome–the genetic makeup–of the...
Could the Death of the National Security State be the Silver Lining of COVID-19?
[This article was first published in a wise magazine called Counterpunch. Subscribe here.] Could something good come from the catastrophe...
Trump’s Trade Adviser Repeats Unsubstantiated COVID Theory
First it was former MI6 director Richard Dearlove espousing a theory about the origins of the COVID virus that has...
Indonesia’s Intelligence Service Is Coming Out to Counter COVID19
Amid the COVID pandemic, Indonesia’s State Intelligence Agency (BIN) is asserting itself in unusual ways. Writing in The Diplomat, Tangguh...
Three Questions for Investigators of the COVID19 Intelligence Failure
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks President George Bush stoutly resisted the creation of a committee to investigate of...
Pakistan Using ISI Spy Service to Track Suspected Covid-19 Cases
Pakistan’s powerful spy services, Inter-Services Intelligence, just got a little stronger. Prime Minister Imran Khan has given ISI a lead...
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