OpinionViewpointsEXCLUSIVE: Leaked Pentagon Report Forensically Dismantled Fauci-Led Natural Origin StudyCopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSaveThe Department of Defense seal is seen at the Pentagon on Jan. 26, 2012. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesBy Hans Mahncke5/16/2023PrintX 10:00News analysisResearchers at the Department of Defense wrote a devastating takedown in 2020 of the Proximal Origin study that was used by Dr. Anthony Fauci as proof that the COVID-19 virus had come from nature.