During the intelligence operation on the crypt who “Saaremaa”, the German Federal Intelligence Service was to obtain materials that indicated that the global pandemic of Coronavirus was initiated by accident in the laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The German daily “Sueddetusche Zeitung” and the German daily ” weekly “Die Zeit”.
According to journalists, BND came to his conclusions about the origin of Coronavirus in 2020, i.e. at the very beginning of the pandemic. The materials obtained and analyzed by the interview included, in addition to publicly available data, also scientific data from Chinese research institutions, including the Institute of Virology at Wuhan, one of the leading institutions in China dealing with virus research. Among them there was evidence of risky “Gain of Function” (GOF) experiments, i.e. artificial modification of naturally occurring viruses. These materials are also to command numerous violations of laboratory safety regulations – informs “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”.
He adds that the order to examine the origin of the new SARS-COV-2 virus was issued by the Chancellor's Office. During the rule, Chancellor Angela Merkel boss BND Bruno Kahl personally informed the Chancellor's Office about the intelligence operation and the conclusions of which the services subordinate to him. The probability of the thesis that the virus came from the laboratory was estimated at “80-95 percent”. “However, the chancellor office decided to keep this rating under the key,” writes “Sueddeutsche Zeitung”.
Merkel: no comment
Angela Merkel asked if she knew about the case, she didn't want to give comment. The then minister of the Chancellor's Office Helge Braun and the Secretary of State responsible for intelligence services Johannes Geismann also refused to speak.
The current Chancellor Olaf Scholz also received information on this subject immediately after taking power at the end of 2021. However, BND did not inform the body responsible for controlling the intelligence services in the Bundestag, as well as the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to the journal, at the end of last year, the German government decided to order external experts to verify the BND findings. The group of experts who have been working since December last year is the president of the Institute Robert Koczał Lars Schade and the Berlin virologist Christian Drosten. The final result is not yet available. In response to a detailed catalog of questions, a spokesman for government said: “As a rule, we do not publicly comment on intelligence matters.” BND also does not give comments.
Change of the CIA position
In the autumn of last year, BND was to inform about the details of its findings by the American CIA Central Intelligence Agency. As “Sz” reminds, in January this year. She announced unexpectedly that it was more likely that this leak from the laboratory caused the Covid-19 pandemic than an infected animal that spread the virus to people.
The origin of the virus remains to this day one of the greatest scientific riddles, and its explanation is difficult because the Chinese government blocks the investigations carried out by WHO. Many years ago, WHO called on all countries to provide her information. (spectator)
The article comes from the website Deutsche Welle