WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told The Post that a longtime CIA employee will allege an ongoing “deep state” conspiracy to cover up the origins of COVID-19 during a public hearing Wednesday.
The two-decade CIA veteran was detailed to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), where he worked on a recently disbanded “director’s initiative group” that studied the how the pandemic started in Wuhan, China, Paul said in an interview.
“He believes that there are people still within the CIA that were trying to obscure the truth, trying to withhold documents, and he will also testify that the CIA actually were spying on his group and eavesdropping on his group,” Paul said.
It’s unclear when the CIA allegedly spied on the ODNI review group or what evidence may be presented.
The witness also is expected to testify that the CIA’s leadership in 2021 quashed an expert assessment that COVID-19 likely leaked from a Wuhan lab — resulting in the spy agency not making that finding until last year long after public interest subsided.
“I think it was six to one that the virus, they believed, came from the lab. Their conclusion was then overridden by mid-level or senior people,” Paul said.
“At two in the morning, the conclusions of the document were changed.”
Paul did not share the man’s name and The Post was unable to verify his allegations, which the Kentucky...
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