by Jon Fleetwood at JonFleetwood.com
Baric told intelligence officials in January 2020 the virus could have come from a lab.
A new document released by U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) confirms the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were consulting Ralph Baric about coronavirus engineering years before COVID-19.
Baric personally briefed U.S. intelligence officials in January 2020 that the virus “could have come from a lab, possibly after some engineering,” including a possible accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
It’s written directly into the letter released by Senator Paul on October 30, 2025.
A Hidden 2015 CIA–Baric Meeting on Coronavirus ‘Evolution and Human Adaptation’
The documents show that in September 2015, the CIA—through an ODNI-facilitated contact—reached out to Baric for a classified discussion on coronavirus manipulation and adaptation to humans.
The PDF states:…
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