US spy agencies collected raw intelligence hinting at a public health crisis in Wuhan, China, in November, according to 2 current and 1 former US official, but the information was not understood as the first warning signs of an impending global pandemic.
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.came in the form of communications intercepts and overhead images showing increased activity at health facilities, the officials said.
"We can confirm that media reporting about the existence/release of a National Center for Medical Intelligence Coronavirus-related product/assessment in November of 2019 is incorrect," said a statement by Dr. R. Shane Day, an Air Force colonel who is director of the National Center for Medical Intelligence, a unit of the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency."No such NCMI product exists.
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