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Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), p.59 · baric_ti:utt:00473

Page text: p.59 · original PDF

Date
2026-04-10 09:00 (day precision)
Type
transcript segment · interview
recipient
Christina Salazar, Harry Kazenoff, David T. Lambeth III, William Henderson, Clark Ervin, Jake Greenberg
speaker
Ralph S. Baric
I have no problem talking about the paper, but it sounded like it fell under the category of this was this afternoon.

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  1. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    So before that I had made a presentation to a group that talked about three possibilities for the origin of the virus. If I spoke, I could change the direction of the conversation, and I wanted to hear what the evolutionary biologists had to say.
  2. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    What was the presentation that you're referring to?
  3. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    I think this falls under the category that is later today, although you have made the document public.
  4. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    It was provided to us, and, you know, I'll go ahead and my team is going to --
  5. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric
    I have no problem talking about the paper, but it sounded like it fell under the category of this was this afternoon.
  6. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Well, I mean, this is something that I would like to put on the record, because --
  7. 2026-04-10 09:00 Clark Ervin open
    Let's see what the question is.
  8. 2026-04-10 09:00 Christina Salazar open
    Yeah. I think that's fair. BSEG is not classified. We've had this conversation with -- and this isn't on you, but, you know, people like to talk about it like it's classified. It's not classified.
  9. 2026-04-10 09:00 Ralph S. Baric open
    Can I ask a point of clarification?

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