Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=7tT9431UKey Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter CIA whistleblower alleges federal cover-up of COVID-19 origins [M9FXFED1Yzx] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT CIA whistleblower James Erdman III testified before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee that there was a concerted effort within the Intelligence Community to downplay the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a 'lab leak': "Intelligence community leaders and senior analysts downplayed the possibility that the COVID pandemic originated as the result of a lab incident…Intentional or not, the IC's actions resulted in a cover-up." Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Follow us: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: Newsletters: Visit the C-SPAN Shop: #cspan xntrWiy6k3y QaMaWNejUIG eeHzE4vpd23 fq2iAzPUkr1 YoWo8W0foPZ ws2iMMXcgBi
CIA whistleblower James Erdman III testified before the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee that there was a concerted effort within the Intelligence Community to downplay the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a 'lab leak': "Intelligence community leaders and senior analysts downplayed the possibility that the COVID pandemic originated as the result of a lab incident…Intentional or not, the IC's actions resulted in a cover-up." Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: Follow us: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: Newsletters: Visit the C-SPAN Shop: #cspan xntrWiy6k3y QaMaWNejUIG eeHzE4vpd23 fq2iAzPUkr1 YoWo8W0foPZ ws2iMMXcgBi