U.S. spy agencies collected raw intel hinting at public health crisis in Wuhan, China, in November

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WASHINGTON — U.S. spy agencies collected raw intelligence hinting at a public health crisis in Wuhan, China, in November, two current and one former U.S. official told NBC News, but the information was not understood as the first warning signs of an impending global pandemic.

The intelligence came in the form of communications intercepts and overhead images showing increased activity at health facilities, the officials said. The intelligence was distributed to some federal public health officials in the form of a "situation report" in late November, one former official briefed on the matter said. But there was no assessment that a lethal global outbreak was brewing at that time, a defense official said.

On Wednesday night, the Pentagon disputed an ABC News report that an "intelligence report" had warned about coronavirus in November.

"We can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is incorrect," said a statement by Col. (Dr.) R. Shane Day, director of the National Center for Medical Intelligence, a unit of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency. "No such NCMI product exists."

But the current and former officials told NBC News that while there was not a formal assessment produced in November — and hence no "intelligence product" in the jargon of the spy agencies — there was intelligence that caught the attention of public health analysts and fueled formal assessments written in December. That material and other information, including from news and social media reports, ultimately found its way into President Donald Trump's intelligence briefing book in January. It is unknown if he read the information.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-spy-agencies-collected-raw-intel-hinting-at-public-health-crisis-in-wuhan-china-in-november/ar-BB12paJf?li=BBnbcA1

Sounds like a game of CYA going on.

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1. KA FKING BOOM!

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2. So much...

So much points to the LIHOP potential. I guess there is more to gain from this outcome, even though Trump and the Corona Gang pretend otherwise.

There are several factors that lead to this being willfully neglected. Trump's character has many diversions and outs to use them. It is amazing how many he has concocted in advance. It's really useful when you are "known" for NOT reading intelligence briefs. It is helpful when people believe what you are purposefully doing is just ineptitude. It's great when you can get away with anything you want and people think you are just mentally ill.

Oh, he cares what we think about him. So much so, that he makes sure he creates the perceptions for us to mislead us even more.

Stay tuned.