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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.704 [SLACK_000918] · slack_pm:msg:07382

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Date
2021-04-14 15:45
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Robert F. Garry
Topics
Wuhan Institute of Virology collaborationLab-leak / accidental release hypothesisIntelligence community assessments

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1. *Secret WIV Links to Military Research:* Despite the WIV presenting itself as a civilian institution, the WIV hascollaborated on publications and secret projects with China's military. The WIV has engaged in classified research, including laboratory animal experiments, on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017.

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The WIV has engaged in classified research, including laboratory animal experiments, on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017. own voice, substantive speaker_own asserts

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  1. 2021-04-14 15:03 Robert F. Garry open
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/intelligence-community-actively-investigat[...]lab-as-possible-covid-19origin/ar-BB1fEYdo?ocid=BingNewsSearch The spooks have absolutely less than nothing - including a clue.
  2. 2021-04-14 15:19 Robert F. Garry open
    And, someone ? has decided that keeping "pressure" on China over "transparency" is good politics or policy or both.
  3. 2021-04-14 15:19 Robert F. Garry open
    Science and logic be damned - so sad.
  4. 2021-04-14 15:38 Edward C. Holmes open
    So they were doing covert military GOF work but had an online database of the viruses they were using
  5. 2021-04-14 15:45 Robert F. Garry
    1. *Secret WIV Links to Military Research:* Despite the WIV presenting itself as a civilian institution, the WIV hascollaborated on publications and secret projects with China's military. The WIV has engaged in classified research, including laboratory animal experiments, on behalf of the Chinese military since at least 2017.
  6. 2021-04-14 15:45 Kristian G. Andersen open
    "The United States has criticized China for a lack of transparency at the start of the pandemic and condemned China for spreading baseless conspiracy theories about COVID-19 originating with the U.S. military". But I guess we're in our full right to do the same, correct? Because, you know, we're the US, dammit!
  7. 2021-04-14 15:46 Robert F. Garry open
    ~T~WIV also published super-secret scientific papers with the CCP army - in the science journals.
  8. 2021-04-14 15:46 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Here's what we got: "Rubio, the vice chairman of the committee, said an accidental lab escape was "plausible" and pointed to some reasons why he thought so, including that "researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology have demonstrated from their publication record that they were skilled at techniques in which they genetically modified bat coronaviruses," as well as that viruses such as SARS have escaped from Chinese labs in the past and that U.S.diplomats warned about subpar biosafety standards at the Wuhan lab in 2018".So to your point Bob, nothing.
  9. 2021-04-14 15:50 Edward C. Holmes open
    Always a good idea to get your covert GOF work peer-reviewed.

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