US intelligence officials were warning as far back as late November that the novel coronavirus was spreading through China's Wuhan region and posing a threat to its people and daily life, according to ABC News.
The US military's National Center for Medical Intelligence compiled a November intelligence report in which"analysts concluded it could be a cataclysmic event," one of the sources of the NCMI's report told ABC News.Chaos rocks Trump White House on virus' most tragic dayThe source told ABC News that the intelligence report was then briefed"multiple times" to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's Joint Staff and the White House.
We have the premier infectious disease research institute in America, within the United States Army. So, our people who work these issues directly watch this all the time," Esper said Sunday during an interview on ABC News'"This Week."When pressed further by ABC's George Stephanopoulos if he had known if there was a briefing to the National Security Council, Esper replied that he was unaware."Yes, I'm not aware of that. ...
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