Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and a group of Senate Republicans sent a follow-up letter Thursday to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) regarding whistleblower allegations that the CIA offered to pay off analysts to change their positions on the COVID-19 lab leak theory.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter, which refers to a senior CIA officer’s testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). Eighteen Republican senators joined Paul in sending the follow-up letter.
“These allegations raise serious questions about the Agency’s investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in light of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence June 2023 unclassified report stating that CIA remained ‘unable to determine the precise origin of the COVID-19 pandemic,'” the lawmakers wrote in the letter. “The Agency’s refusal to cooperate with requests for information by members of the Senate regarding whistleblower allegations is unacceptable. The CIA has an obligation to be responsive to congressional oversight requests by all members of the Senate regardless of what committees they are assigned to.” (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Paul Demands Information On NIH Employee Using Personal Email To Allegedly Conceal COVID-19 Origins)
The follow-up letter comes after Paul and GOP senators demanded in September that CIA Director William J. Burns provide additional documents and...
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