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O-48 - The FBI has assessed with 'moderate confidence' that COVID-19 most likely came from a lab incident in Wuhan

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Since the 2021 intelligence-community investigation, the FBI has assessed with 'moderate confidence' that COVID-19 most likely resulted from a laboratory incident in Wuhan — the strongest-confidence lab-leaning position among the US agencies.
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S-84 - FBI and DOE 2023 agency-confidence positions on a lab-associated origin
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NPR/Morning Edition interview with WSJ's Michael Gordon (27 Feb 2023)
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we determined that the FBI was an agency that had assessed it a leak from the lab with moderate confidence.

The FBI brings bioforensic capability (a lab at Fort Detrick), which the WSJ correspondent cites as why its scientific view carries weight relative to other agencies.

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