Congressional panel investigating the origins of Covid finds that the virus originated in a lab .

[scruffy]

A recent Pentagon audit revealed significant shortcomings in tracking funds allocated to research activities in China, particularly concerning potential pathogen enhancement. The audit, conducted by the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, found that the Pentagon did not maintain adequate records to determine whether taxpayer funds were used for research in Chinese labs from 2014 to 2023. Although no direct funding for pathogen enhancement was confirmed, the lack of detailed tracking raised concerns about oversight and accountability, especially given that over $1.4 billion was spent on overseas research during this period [1][6][8].

sources:
[1] Pentagon didn’t adequately track funds sent to Chinese research labs
[2] Exclusive | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ‘shielded’ biotech firms in gain-of-function research audit, GOP senator claims
[3] Management Advisory: Review of DoD Funds Provided to the People’s Republic of China and As
[4] Press Release: Management Advisory: Review of DoD Funds Provided to People’s Republic of C
[5] Ernst-Secured Investigation Will Prevent U.S. Defense Dollars From Being Diverted to Chinese Research | U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa
[6] Pentagon watchdog doesn’t know how much overseas gain-of-function research is done with US funds — despite $1.4B spent: report
[7] Ernst Forces Pentagon to Investigate Taxpayer-Funded Risky Research Overseas, Defund China’s Wuhan Lab
[8] https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jun/20/2003488653/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-099_SECURED.PDF


The Pentagon funded several projects that raised concerns regarding potential pathogen enhancement, particularly through grants to organizations like EcoHealth Alliance. Key projects included:

1. WuXi AppTec Grant: Over $6.5 million was directed to this company for testing antivirals against various pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 and Ebola.
2. SARS Virus Research: $2 million was allocated for research involving non-modified SARS viruses in China and India.
3. Dengue and Ebola Studies: A grant of nearly $1.6 million involved exposing mice to modified Dengue and Ebola viruses.
4. EcoHealth Alliance Funding: The Pentagon provided over $47 million to EcoHealth since 2008, with concerns about its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and risky coronavirus experiments[1][5].

sources:
[1] Pentagon watchdog doesn’t know how much overseas gain-of-function research is done with US funds — despite $1.4B spent: report
[2] Exclusive | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ‘shielded’ biotech firms in gain-of-function research audit, GOP senator claims
[3] Ernst Forces Pentagon to Investigate Taxpayer-Funded Risky Research Overseas, Defund China’s Wuhan Lab
[4] Ernst-Secured Investigation Will Prevent U.S. Defense Dollars From Being Diverted to Chinese Research | U.S. Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa
[5] Pentagon didn’t adequately track funds sent to Chinese research labs
[6] Pentagon's social science research program is on the chopping block
[7] EXCLUSIVE: How the Pentagon (quietly) spent $1 billion of inflation relief money - Breaking Defense
[8] Report: Scientists at center of 'lab leak' concerns misled Congress


Investigators faced several significant challenges in tracing funds related to Pentagon grants to Chinese labs:

1. Inadequate Tracking: The Pentagon did not maintain detailed records of how funds were spent by recipient organizations, making it difficult to trace the flow of money accurately[4][6].

2. Complex Subawarding: Organizations often subcontracted work to other entities without documenting these changes, complicating the tracking process further[4][6].

3. Data Limitations: Reports indicated that federal data on subawards was often incomplete or unreliable, hindering thorough investigations into funding allocations[4][6].

4. Bureaucratic Delays: The time constraints imposed by Congress limited the depth of the investigation, preventing a comprehensive review of all funding activities[6].

These issues collectively hindered efforts to determine whether funds were used for pathogen enhancement research in foreign labs.

Pentagon's top secrets ===> Pandora's box, probably lol.

sources:
[1] What Are the Main Barriers to Asset Tracing? | Global Investigations
[2] https://m.winstead.com/portalresource/lookup/wosid/cp-base-4-117504/overrideFile.name=/CDR Essential Intelligence, Jan-2020.pdf
[3] Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery: International Challenges
[4] Pentagon didn’t adequately track funds sent to Chinese research labs
[5] From Sovereigns To Kleptocrats: The Challenges In Tracing Recoverable Assets - K2 Integrity
[6] https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jun/20/2003488653/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2024-099_SECURED.PDF
[7] Asset Tracing and Recovery - New Markets Venture Partners
[8] Report: Scientists at center of 'lab leak' concerns misled Congress

Good thread.

 

[luiza]

Except that all of the basic content was known initially in the US .

See Fort Detrick and then Chapel Hill , North Carolina .

Then Fauci , Obummer et al introduced Deflection from China but made sure they sliced some HIV into the basic SARS virus .
That killed more .
But they do not want you to know anything of that , and how they then spread it using the World Military Games held in Wuhan in October 2019 .

 

[pknopp]

Proof?

https://www.science.org/content/art...isky-virus-studies-calls-voluntary-moratorium

So many people ranting and raving with no clue to history.

 

[Care4all]

its sad that a major political party in our own country would lie about something that killed over a million Americans who were family and friends to millions and millions of more Americans just to cover for their Chicom allies ..

Likely caused.

They still have no definitive answers....

And how would it being a lab leak change our COVID deaths and the masses being infected and dying, and the measures the govt was taking?

Did Trump support the theory of the LAB and beret China for it? Nope! He praised China's President....

 

[Zincwarrior]

typical leftwing response .. your ....and? is the cowardly equivalent to so what ?

No. Answer the question. Lets assume so.

AND? A million people are still dead.

 

[DBA]

I never made a decision on where the virus originated nor did I care that it spread.

Maybe you didn't, but most of your fellow Democrats did.

Isn't that right JoeB131 ? Have you figured it out yet?

 

[JoeB131]

Maybe you didn't, but most of your fellow Democrats did.

Isn't that right JoeB131 ? Have you figured it out yet?

Actually, you guys have yet to prove it was anything OTHER than a transfer from an animal.

Where's your evidence, other than, "The Chinese are all a bunch of meanyheads".

 

[yidnar]

It went like this.

Fauci: Mr President, Obama halted funding on research that is greatly needed.

Trump: Obama did this?

Fauci: yes.

Trump: Lifted.

no one takes the opinion of someone that has the anarchist symbol in their avatar that many antifa scum use seriously ..

 

[yidnar]

Actually, you guys have yet to prove it was anything OTHER than a transfer from an animal.

Where's your evidence, other than, "The Chinese are all a bunch of meanyheads".

 

[DBA]

Actually, you guys have yet to prove it was anything OTHER than a transfer from an animal.

Where's your evidence, other than, "The Chinese are all a bunch of meanyheads".

Dude, you were lied to and you bought it...again. The virus came from the Wuhan lab where we were funding gain of function research. Fauci knew it the whole time. You guys are really slow on the uptake of information, which is why you call everything a conspiracy theory. The fact is, you are so blinded that you can't see what is right in front of your faces.

 

[JoeB131]

Dude, you were lied to and you bought it...again. The virus came from the Wuhan lab where we were funding gain of function research. Fauci knew it the whole time. You guys are really slow on the uptake of information, which is why you call everything a conspiracy theory. The fact is, you are so blinded that you can't see what is right in front of your faces.

Again, where is your evidence.

Repeating a conspiracy theory does not make it true.

Oswald acted alone.
What crashed at Roswell was a weather balloon
COVID-19 started in an animal like all COVID viruses do.

 

[DBA]

Again, where is your evidence.

Repeating a conspiracy theory does not make it true.

Oswald acted alone.
What crashed at Roswell was a weather balloon
COVID-19 started in an animal like all COVID viruses do.

The House investigation. COVID started in a lab. You don't like it because it exposes your gullibility. Grow up and accept when you are wrong.

 

[pknopp]

no one takes the opinion of someone that has the anarchist symbol in their avatar that many antifa scum use seriously ..

Don't, come up with your own explanation why the Trump administration started the funding back up.

Let's hear it.

 

[JoeB131]

The House investigation. COVID started in a lab. You don't like it because it exposes your gullibility. Grow up and accept when you are wrong.

Again, where's their evidence? All I see is a lot of repeating of conspiracy theories.

Do you have a video of Wang dropping the vial of Covid and screaming "Mā de!" (Which is Mandarin for "Oh, Shit!" )

 

[pknopp]

Again, where's their evidence? All I see is a lot of repeating of conspiracy theories.

The lab workers who started showing up at the hospital with a virus.

Do you have a video of Wang dropping the vial of Covid and screaming "Mā de!" (Which is Mandarin for "Oh, Shit!" )

Didn't happen. Simple accident.

 

[Robert W]

Actually, you guys have yet to prove it was anything OTHER than a transfer from an animal.

Where's your evidence, other than, "The Chinese are all a bunch of meanyheads".

Oh Joe, wants to back the corrupt Chinese because he has one of his own.
Say Joe, where are the bats that carry CV19? How did bats infect humans when it was easier to do it in the lab? Why have chinese lab workers said it came from their lab?

COVID Origins Hearing Wrap Up: Facts, Science, Evidence Point to a Wuhan Lab Leak - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

oversight.house.gov

 

[Robert W]

COVID might have come from a lab leak, says China’s former top scientist

‘Don’t rule out anything,’ former head of the Chinese CDC says.

www.politico.eu

COVID might have come from a lab leak, says China’s former top scientist​

‘Don’t rule out anything,’ former head of the Chinese CDC says.

 

[daveman]

Clot shot will go down in history as the largest killer vaccine invented. Enjoy. It's only real benefit was to unmask how many eager Jack booted thugs are in govt

And how many of your neighbors were willing to put you in cattle cars to the camps for not getting the shot.

 

[daveman]

Actually, you guys have yet to prove it was anything OTHER than a transfer from an animal.

Where's your evidence, other than, "The Chinese are all a bunch of meanyheads".

Fauci thanks you for the unquestioning obedience, but he wouldn't mind a bit if you'd died of his virus or his vaccine.

 

[initforme]

So many with long covid