President Joe Biden Signs Bipartisan Bill to Declassify Intelligence Related to the Origins of Covid-19

On Monday, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill that directs the federal government to declassify intelligence related to the origins of Covid-19. The bill passed both the House and Senate without dissent and calls for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information related to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The bill cites “potential links” between the research conducted at the institute and the outbreak of Covid-19, which the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The bill was signed more than three years after the start of the pandemic.

U.S. intelligence agencies are divided on the likely source of the virus, with some believing it was a lab leak and others believing it was a spillover from animals. The bill directs the federal government to declassify as much intelligence as possible about the origins of Covid-19 in order to help resolve the debate.

The bill also requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress within 180 days of the bill’s enactment that includes an assessment of the intelligence related to the origins of Covid-19. The report must also include any intelligence that could help inform the public health response to the virus.

The bill is an important step in helping to uncover the truth about the origins of Covid-19 and in providing the public with more information about the virus. It is hoped that the declassified intelligence will help to resolve the debate over the source of the virus and provide more clarity on the public health response.