Pressured to get the desired answer instead of the one they actually got

US intelligence agencies under pressure to link coronavirus to Chinese labs

I am forced to recall that GW and his White House gang pressured intelligence services to publicly support baseless claims contrary to best evidence that Saddam Hussein was making and stockpiling WMD.

And then they used that idea to justify invading Iraq to get rid of the government Bush pere had had the good sense to leave in power.

Is it only Republicans who thus corrupt the intelligence apparatus?

Well, no.

Bay of Tonkin.

Update.

The office of the director of national intelligence has released an unusual statement saying officials do not believe coronavirus was manmade, echoing many health experts.

“The Intelligence Community also concurs with the wide scientific consensus that the COVID-19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified,” the statement reads.

The statement added, “The IC will continue to rigorously examine emerging information and intelligence to determine whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a laboratory in Wuhan.”