So, while the Australian health authorities were telling us during the Covid plandemic that the Covid virus was a product of natural evolution, the Australian spy agencies knew differently. David Asher, a former investigator for the U.S. State Department, revealed on Sky News that Australian intelligence agencies had intercepted communications related to Covid-19's origins in Wuhan. This signals intelligence, which includes phone calls, emails, and radio transmissions, was later obtained by the CIA. Asher suggested that senior Chinese officials' reactions indicated a major incident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Wuhan University, and the CDC. He criticized Western governments, including Australia, for downplaying lab leak theories despite having intelligence supporting them. His remarks followed a CIA report identifying the Wuhan lab as the likely source of Covid-19, a conclusion he believes was long known but suppressed during the Biden administration.
"I never thought the intel picture based on human intelligence, which is what the CIA has, but it was reasonably clear based on the reactions of senior Chinese leaders that something terrible had gone wrong inside Wuhan, specifically inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology and perhaps also the Wuhan University and the CDC ... they shared certain programs together," Asher told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
He said, "I think there will be much more coming out - with CIA Director John Ratcliffe - who you interviewed previously - is adamant about declassifying information or releasing information that is already declassified. There is going to be signals intelligence and how much of that makes its way out - just trust me - there was a lot of it."
Indeed, hopefully, finally, the truth will out.
"David Asher, a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and the lead investigator of the State Department's Covid-19 origins investigation during President Trump's first term, appeared on Sky News on Tuesday. Asher disclosed that Australian spy agencies had previously collected signals intelligence concerning the origins of the virus in Wuhan, China.
What Asher means by signals intelligence is the interception of voice, text, and other communications (e.g., phone calls, emails, and radio transmissions). Australian spy agencies conducted much of this in Asia, which the CIA later obtained.
"I never thought the intel picture based on human intelligence, which is what the CIA has, but it was reasonably clear based on the reactions of senior Chinese leaders that something terrible had gone wrong inside Wuhan, specifically inside the Wuhan Institute of Urology and perhaps also the Wuhan University and the CDC ... they shared certain programs together," Asher told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
He said, "I think there will be much more coming out - with CIA Director John Ratcliffe - who you interviewed previously - is adamant about declassifying information or releasing information that is already declassified. There is going to be signals intelligence and how much of that makes its way out - just trust me - there was a lot of it."
Sky News Markson asked Asher: "What do you mean by signals intelligence that hasn't come out yet?"
"Just picking up phone calls, picking up the emails, things like that ... just messages between different people, I can't comment on what they are, but it's no secret we do this. Much of our collection is actually done in Australia, as you know," Asher responded.
He continued: "So your government is fully aware, which is another reason why they are really puzzled and dismayed that the Australian government, which has the same information ... as we do, has been so passive, especially given the fact that your Prime Minister originally came out and said that we had to have an investigation."
"It's just sort of pathetic if you ask me," Asher noted, who was referring to Western governments burying the Covid lab leak theory during the Biden-Harris administration.
Asher's interview with the Australian media outlet came shortly after the CIA released an assessment identifying the Wuhan lab as the most likely origin of Covid. It only took a change in administration for this conclusion to be made public. Our view is that the CIA knew all along - with high confidence - about lab origins. Meanwhile, former FBI Director Christopher Wray stated in 2023 that the virus "most likely" originated from the Wuhan lab.
Yet during President Biden's first term, the radical leftists in the administration deployed the taxpayer-funded censorship blob to combat lab origins and maintain the official gov't narrative that Covid originated naturally."
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Sen. Rand Paul asserts that the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a lab leak in Wuhan, China, and accuses the Chinese Communist Party of covering it up.
The origins of COVID-19 are debated between natural spillover and a lab leak, with many U.S. experts now favoring the latter as more plausible.
Early in 2020, Chinese officials downplayed the virus, but virologist Zhang Yongzhen's sequencing of the virus revealed its genetic makeup before he was silenced by the government.
Scientists initially questioned COVID-19's natural origins but later published the "Proximal Origin" paper, which dismissed the lab leak theory, despite private doubts.
Gain-of-function research, supported by Anthony Fauci and conducted in Wuhan, has fueled suspicions that such experiments may have led to the virus's accidental release.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is absolutely certain that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is the result of a lab leak being covered up.
This is according to his book "Deception: The Great COVID Cover-up," which detailed how the origins of the mysterious pneumonia that started spreading in the early days of 2020 in Wuhan, China and spiraled into a global pandemic that killed millions and shattered economies, is the fault of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing refusing to take responsibility for its disastrous actions.
The origins of COVID-19 remain a fiercely debated topic, with two primary theories emerging: natural spillover from animals to humans and a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the latter of which most experts in the United States now believe to be the more plausible explanation.
In January 2020, reports of a novel coronavirus emerged from Wuhan. Initially, Chinese officials downplayed the virus's transmissibility, but the truth soon became apparent. The virus was highly contagious and deadly. As the world scrambled to understand the threat, virologist Zhang Yongzhen sequenced the virus, only to be silenced by the Chinese government. His findings, however, were eventually published online, revealing the virus's genetic sequence.
Then-head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Robert Redfield was among the first to voice concerns about the virus's potential lab origin. He contacted key scientists, including Anthony Fauci, urging them to consider the lab-leak hypothesis. However, Fauci, who had previously approved gain-of-function research in Wuhan, dismissed Redfield's concerns. This dismissal set the stage for a contentious debate over the virus's origins.
Scientists worked together to discredit lab leak theoryIn the ensuing weeks, a group of virologists, including Kristian Andersen and Robert Garry, initially expressed concerns that COVID-19's genome appeared inconsistent with natural evolution. However, within days, they reversed their stance and authored the "Proximal Origin" paper, which argued against a lab leak. This paper, published in Nature, became a cornerstone of the natural-origin narrative, despite the authors' private doubts.
The controversy deepened with the publication of a letter in The Lancet, signed by prominent scientists, including Peter Daszak, who had financial ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The letter condemned the lab leak theory as a "conspiracy theory" and called for solidarity with Chinese colleagues. This letter, later revealed to be orchestrated by Daszak, further polarized the scientific community and the public.
Gain-of-function research, which involves enhancing the transmissibility or lethality of viruses, has been a contentious issue for years. Fauci, a longtime proponent of this research, had approved funding for experiments in Wuhan that aimed to make bat coronaviruses more infectious to humans. Critics argue that this research could have led to the accidental release of COVID-19.
The origins of COVID-19 remain shrouded in uncertainty, but the evidence supporting the lab leak hypothesis continues to mount. The role of gain-of-function research, the lack of transparency and the subsequent cover-up have eroded public trust in public health institutions."