A new assessment by the Department of Energy pushes the envelope slightly more towards a lab accident in Wuhan. The biggest consequence will be a lifting of the three year "conspiracy theory" stigma.
With the caveat that much care should be taken to protect sources and highly sensitive information, I strongly support the declassification of the DoE report. There is a process to request that a government document be declassified:
With the caveat that much care should be taken to protect sources and highly sensitive information, I strongly support the declassification of the DoE report. There is a process to request that a government document be declassified:
https://foia.state.gov/Request/MDR.aspx
The process starts with a FOIA request and then can proceed with a declassification review process.
Another agency that might take this on is the Public Interest Declassification Board:
https://transforming-classification.blogs.archives.gov/about-the-bloggers/
Great article Michael, thanks for writing this and for your work in this area. Maybe some day we will know the truth. John