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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Legal Insurrection<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard: \u201cIt\u2019s time you know the truth.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posted by Leslie Eastman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little over a week ago, outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released new evidence of long-standing U.S. government funding of more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries (including Ukraine<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard\u2019s release of information related to biological research funded by the U.S. government continued this Friday, after she declassified a cache of documents outlining Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s involvement in the COVID-19 response, including records indicating that federal officials shielded him from a whistleblower complaint alleging he misled Congress about \u201cgain-of-function\u201d work after publicly advancing a natural-origin theory for a pandemic that ultimately claimed millions of lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documents and whistleblower testimony appear to show that Fauci influenced intelligence assessments on COVID-19 origins, denied such involvement under oath in 2024, and benefited from close ties to the intelligence community that limited scrutiny. They further claim a pattern of retaliation against dissenting intelligence officials and suppression of alternative viewpoints regarding the virus\u2019s origins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I\u2019m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/ZMdliW4zyS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) June 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In her announcement, Gabbard broke down Fauci\u2019s actions related to COVID-19 into three main areas<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, Dr. Fauci funded dangerous gain-of-function coronavirus research linked to Big Pharma and their pursuit of universal vaccines. Worth trillions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, Dr. Fauci was the behind-the-scenes advisor who, alongside his handpicked so-called experts, pushed the intelligence community to endorse a natural animal origin to hide his dangerous gain-of-function research that he funded using taxpayer dollars\u2014all of this in a deliberate attempt to cover up the truth and shift the blame and attention away from Fauci\u2019s own actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, Dr. Fauci became the nation\u2019s pandemic pundit and he publicly pushed lies and disinformation and censorship using every platform available.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Legal Insurrection<\/em> was at the forefront of coverage that the Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratories were a very reasonable location for Ground Zero of the novel coronavirus epidemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Legal Insurrection<\/em> readers will remember that I was persuaded early on in the pandemic (i.e., Feb. 16, 2020<\/a>) that the coronavirus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic likely came from the Chinese research laboratory in Wuhan. The main question I had was whether the virus was \u201cnatural\u201d or the result of gene-modification technology that is the hot, new thing in biological research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we have reports of a classified study of SARS-CoV-2\u2019s origin. conducted a year ago by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Department of Energy\u2019s premier biodefense research institution. They determined the virus could have originated in a laboratory in China.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Our findings withstood enormous pressure from accusations of \u201cdisinformation,\u201d based on the fraudulent paper whose publication Fauci helped prompt as legitimate information for intelligence community consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard released the COVID-19 documentation related to her findings in 4 parts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 1<\/a>: The document is a compilation of emails, meeting notes, open\u2011source clippings, and excerpts from scientific literature, focusing on how U.S. intelligence agencies, outside scientists, and political actors addressed questions about the novel coronavirus\u2019s origin and related gain\u2011of\u2011function research. The material includes email traffic about Fauci\u2019s recommendations on which scientific experts the IC (Intelligence Community) should consult, as well as congressional pressure and media criticism over lab\u2011leak versus natural\u2011origin assessments. The file also captures intelligence community reactions to a 520\u2011page congressional report concluding a likely Wuhan lab leak (which we covered when it was published<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 2<\/a>: This document chronicles how U.S. agencies debated COVID\u201119 origins, gain\u2011of\u2011function research, and the roles of Fauci, National Institute of Health (NIH), EcoHealth Alliance, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology from early 2020 through late 2023 (Legal Insurrection<\/em> noted the roles of these entities<\/a> in our coverage). It shows analysts discussing possible outside reviewers, reacting to early claims that SARS\u2011CoV\u20112 (i.e., the novel coronavirus) was engineered, and stressing high evidentiary thresholds while weighing natural\u2011origin versus lab\u2011associated scenarios. The file also documents internal handling of a whistleblower complaint alleging that Fauci misled Congress about NIH funding and gain\u2011of\u2011function, and coordination with HHS and DOE inspectors general regarding EcoHealth and WIV grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 3<\/a>: This document focuses on information collected after Biden\u2019s May 2021 directive for a 90\u2011day assessment of COVID\u201119\u2019s origins. Interestingly, the annexes contain translations of foreign analyses arguing for a high probability of a laboratory\u2011modified virus. (Legal Insurrection<\/em> covered that administration\u2019s flawed assessment<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PART 4<\/a>: This document is an NIH progress report from EcoHealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology describing U.S.-funded research on bat coronaviruses and spillover risk. It explains how the team surveyed rural Chinese communities for bat contact and coronavirus antibodies, mapped where and how different bat coronaviruses circulate and jump between bat species, and then used lab methods (including engineered\/chimeric viruses and humanized mice) to test which bat viruses can infect human or human\u2011like cells. Legal Insurrection<\/em> reviewed some of the EcoHealth laboratory work<\/a> with bat coronaviruses in our past coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabbard went on to explain the challenges faced within the IC as it related to identifying the truth about COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We received statements from multiple whistleblowers revealing that the intelligence analysts who dared to challenge Dr. Fauci\u2019s COVID origin conclusions faced threats of retaliation, marginalization, and many suffered career setbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, a contractor was terminated just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another example: those who advocated for the lab leak hypothesis or expressed dissenting views were reminded by their managers that leadership would determine which analysts would be promoted and which would not. The message was clear: go along or be punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A senior leader also sought to undermine whistleblowers by removing anonymity, which is required in the whistleblower process, as they made their complaints and also insisting that their managers or attorneys be present during ODNI meetings where these whistleblowers were coming forward with their testimony.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After years of dismissal and institutional resistance, determined whistleblowers, independent researchers, and investigative outlets have finally forced critical information into the open, revealing credible evidence of suppressed dissent, questionable research practices, and serious concerns about the true origins of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, critical lessons will be learned\u2026 especially about better biosafety practices, the dangers of gain-of-function research, and the level of trust to give \u201cexperts.\u201d<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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