A top American defense official issued a rare statement rejecting anonymously-sourced media reports claiming intelligence officials released guidance about the COVID-19 pandemic as early as November 2019.
“As a matter of practice the National Center for Medical Intelligence does not comment publicly on specific intelligence matters. However, in the interest of transparency during this current public health crisis, 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 not correct," Col. R. Shane Day, the head of the center, said in a statement.
