US President Joe Biden signed a law that requires intelligence to declassify information it has about the origin of COVID-19. This is stated in message White House. Mr. Biden promised to declassify as much information as possible, but “in accordance with the constitutional authority” to protect against disclosure of information that could “damage national security.”
“We need to get to the bottom of the origins of COVID-19 to better prevent future pandemics. My administration will continue to review all classified information related to COVID-19, including a potential link to the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” Biden said in a statement.
The debate about the declassification of intelligence information rose again in February amid a leak from the US Department of Energy report on the possible laboratory origin of COVID-19. This is what the Republicans wanted. Biden himself has also previously advocated disclosure.
Read more about the discussion in the material “Kommersant” “COVID-19 want to send for additional investigation.”
