As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting. Concerns about what is now known
As far back as late November, U.S. intelligence officials were warning that a contagion was sweeping through China’s Wuhan region, changing the patterns of life and business and posing a threat to the population, according to four sources briefed on the secret reporting.
"The timeline of the intel side of this may be further back than we’re discussing," the source said of preliminary reports from Wuhan."But this was definitely being briefed beginning at the end of November as something the military needed to take a posture on." Mulroy, who previously served as a senior official at the CIA, said NCMI does serious work that senior government leaders do not ignore.
Defense Sec. Mark Esper:"I can’t recall, George, but we have many people that watch this closely." https://t.co/d9XlhTygln pic.twitter.com/E89i7DjF4t On Jan. 22, for instance, Trump made his first comments about the virus when asked in a CNBC interview,"Are there worries about a pandemic at this point?" The president responded,"No. Not at all. And we have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine."
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