THE U.S. CAUSED THE COVID PANDEMIC, not China, the U.S. government revealed today. “It's time the American people learn the real story," spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a sensation-causing video released on X and a statement on the internet. And what a story it is. . TRUTH AT LAST The US spent millions to finance a lab in China’s Wuhan to experiment on killer viruses. The research was on a technique called “gain of function” which some people see as weaponization of the viruses. That research is “now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic,” said Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence. “This dangerous research caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives,” she added. . PREFERRED NARRATIVE After the pandemic broke out, Washington then worked to tell the world it could not have been a lab leak. The preferred story circulating at the time was to say that animal-to-human transmission evolved in China due to the circumstances there. But the evidence tells a different tale, the US spy chief said, releasing a new batch of top secret documents today, her last day in office. "It's time you know the truth," she said. . 120 BIOLABS The story begins with the US quietly setting up 120 biological laboratories across more than 30 countries. Some of these laboratories were involved in research on hazardous pathogens, she said. Dr Anthony Fauci, while serving as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sent millions of dollars of US taxpayer cash to be spent on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, she said. In 2019, the Covid-19 virus apparently emerged in several locations around the world—but was first formally detected by scientists in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. It was soon found all over the world. The “pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions,” Gabbard said. . PREFERRED NARRATIVE For the US, the preferred story was that it was NOT a lab leak—because the world would realize that the Pentagon was financing biolabs around the world, and at home. People raising the alarm about the biolabs were accused of “pushing Russian and Chinese disinformation”. When the existence of the labs could not be denied, the BBC and other media reported that they were “peaceful labs” which were financed for entirely positive reasons—a line that Pentagon-watchers found hard to swallow. . LIED ABOUT INTELLIGENCE CONNECTION Fauci worked with senior intelligence agents in the early days of the pandemic to shape the narrative but lied about it, Gabbard said. In his testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2024, he was asked under oath whether he had communicated with intelligence agencies concerning viral research before, during or after the pandemic. Fauci replied: "Not to my knowledge, about COVID." In January 2025, many people were puzzled when Former President Joe Biden issued “a pre-emptive pardon” to Fauci. Pardons, by definition, are given to people who have broken the law—but this had not happened at that time. . TREMENDOUS HARDSHIP Gabbard is retiring to spend more time with her husband, who has cancer. But she wanted to get the truth about this subject out there before she disappeared. She says the evidence indicates US-funded research was the root of the problem. "The COVID-19 pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and for countless people around the world,” she said. Links to her statement and the documents are provided below.