Newly-confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News the decision to release a Biden-era analysis favoring the COVID-19 lab leak theory is a step toward transparency.

Newly confirmed CIA director John Ratcliffe previewed what the agency will look like going forward under his leadership, including preventing it from becoming partisan toward specific candidates. Ratcliffe was confirmed on Thursday as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency,

Former CIA Director John Brennan told MSNBC on Sunday morning that he worries Tulsi Gabbard could "skew" the intelligence that reaches President Trump if she is confirmed as Director of National Intelligence.

The Central Intelligence Agency with a "low confidence" has changed its stance and concluded that it's likely the COVI-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic five years ago.

Langley joins the FBI and Energy Department in agreeing that a lab leak is the most likely source of the pandemic.

It was unclear the extent to which the agency has collected new intelligence on COVID-19's origins and whether that new evidence was used to formulate the latest assessment.

The CIA now assesses the virus that causes Covid-19 more likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China, rather than occurring naturally, according to a statement from the agency Saturday, just days after Director John Ratcliffe took the reins.

The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.

China has rejected a U.S. intelligence assessment suggesting the coronavirus that turned into the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab, rather than nature. The CIA, while emphasizing "low confidence" in its findings,

Current and former European and U.S. officials have raised concerns about some of President Donald Trump’s picks for top intelligence posts

With actions big and small, Trump has spent his first days in office pushing the levers of government – and his unique powers as commander in chief – to target his perceived political enemies both inside and outside the government.