{"id":2134699,"date":"2023-12-27T16:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-sued-over-alleged-hidden-covid-19-records-of-monetary-incentives-paid-to-change-findings\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T21:57:42","slug":"cia-sued-over-alleged-hidden-covid-19-records-of-monetary-incentives-paid-to-change-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-sued-over-alleged-hidden-covid-19-records-of-monetary-incentives-paid-to-change-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA sued for hiding COVID-19 records on &#8216;incentives&#8217; to alter findings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcia-sued-over-alleged-hidden-covid-19-records-of-monetary-incentives-paid-to-change-findings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2134699&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP\u2064 via \u2063Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>1:34 \u2064PM \u2013 Wednesday, December 27, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062Central\u2063 Intelligence Agency (CIA) is facing allegations of \u200dmanipulating COVID-19 conclusions and\u200b findings by &#8220;paying&#8221; analysts to change their stance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The CIA is currently\u200d being sued by the conservative group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heritage Foundation<\/a> \u2062 for failing to provide requested records related to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is an action under the Freedom of Information Act (\u201cFOIA\u201d), 5 U.S.C. \u00a7 552, to compel production of CIA records relating to allegations that members of the CIA\u2019s COVID\u2063 Discovery\u200c Team, \u2063a group of employees tasked with analyzing the origins of the COVID-19\u2062 pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-sued-over-covid-records-after-allegations-of-monetary-incentives-paid-to-change-findings\/\" title=\"CIA faces lawsuit over COVID records amid claims of paid incentives to alter findings\">received monetary incentives<\/a> to change \u200btheir position on \u200dthe\u2063 origins of the \u200cvirus,\u201d the lawsuit\u200c states. \u201cAs \u2062of \u2062the date of this \u2063Complaint, CIA\u2062 has failed to: (i)\u2064 produce the requested\u2062 records or demonstrate that the records are lawfully exempt from disclosure; (ii)\u200d notify Plaintiffs of the scope of\u200d any responsive records it intends to\u2063 produce or withhold and the reasons\u200c for \u200dany withholdings; or (iii) inform Plaintiffs that \u200dthey\u200b may appeal any adequately specific, adverse determination.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In their lawsuit,\u2063 the Heritage Foundation \u2064claims that they previously filed\u200b a FOIA request for information regarding the CIA&#8217;s COVID-19 discovery team, including its formation, internal communications, and any documents related\u200c to financial incentives provided to team members.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit states \u200cthat\u2063 the CIA had a deadline \u2064of 20 business days to \u200cprocess and release the requested records, which has \u200cnow passed without\u2064 compliance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cUnder FOIA, CIA has twenty (20)\u2064 business\u200b days to produce responsive documents\u200d or issue \u200ca determination communicating the scope of\u2062 the documents it intends to produce and\/or withhold, the\u200b reasons for any withholding, and notifying the requester that it may appeal any adverse \u2062determination,\u201d the\u2062 lawsuit says. \u201cTwenty business days \u2064from October 25, 2023 is\u200c November 20, 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Subscribe here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/xi-jinping-and-vladimir-putin-meet-in-kremlin\/\" title=\"Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meet in Kremlin\">receive breaking news blasts directly<\/a> \u200dto \u200byour inbox for\u200b free. \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200b \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former\u2062 CIA analyst and author &#8216;John Gentry&#8217; reveals to One \u200cAmerica News that the Obama Administration&#8217;s influence led \u2062to the politicization\u200d of the intelligence \u200ccommunity, \u200cresulting in the targeting of Donald Trump \u2064during the 2016 \u2064and 2020 elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aggressive-homeless-man-arrested-accused-of-assaulting-ca-governor-before-pizza-photo-op\/\" title=\"\u2018Aggressive\u2019 Homeless Man Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting CA Governor Before Pizza Photo Op\">real-estate developer<\/a>, backed by Silicon Valley,\u200d is promising to create \u2062a utopian \u200bcommunity on farmland in Northern California.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A real-estate developer, backed\u2063 by Silicon Valley, is making ambitious plans to build a utopian community on \u2062farmland in Northern California. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One \u2064America&#8217;s Chief White \u200cHouse Correspondent Monica Paige explores what people\u2062 are \u2064most excited\u200d about\u2063 in \u20632024. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>December 22, 2023 \u2013 6:05 \u2063AM PST\u2063 HONG\u200b KONG (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese \u200dregulators \u200bannounced on Friday a\u2063 wide range of rules aimed\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>One of the \u200bmain challenges for Tesla is the speed\u2064 at which it can produce the 4680 batteries\u2063 used in the Cybertruck, despite its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-blocks-calif-law-that-would-prohibit-carrying-firearms-in-most-public-places\/\" title=\"Federal judge stops California law banning firearms in public places\">dry-coating\u2064 technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A group of 11 nonfiction authors have filed\u2063 a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, accusing OpenAI\u200c and Microsoft \u2064of\u2063 misusing\u200b their \u2064books \u2064to train their models.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>San Francisco police \u200bSergeant David Radford reached out to Tesla regarding data \u2063on an alleged \u200cstalker&#8217;s remote access to a vehicle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the CIA responded to\u200b the lawsuit filed by the Heritage Foundation\u200b concerning\u200c the requested records related \u200bto the pandemic?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: CIA Faces Allegations\u200d of Manipulating COVID-19\u2062 Findings: Lawsuit Filed by Heritage Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dCentral Intelligence Agency\u2064 (CIA) is\u2063 currently under fire as\u2064 it faces allegations\u200b of manipulating conclusions and findings related\u200b to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conservative group Heritage Foundation has filed a lawsuit \u200cagainst the CIA\u200b for failing to\u200c provide requested records concerning the pandemic. This article \u200dwill \u200ddelve\u2063 into the details of the lawsuit and explore the implications of these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Allegations and Lawsuit:<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation has accused the CIA of paying its analysts to alter \u2064their stance on\u200b the origins of the \u200bvirus. The \u200dfoundation claims that members of the CIA&#8217;s COVID-19 Discovery Team, \u200ca group responsible for analyzing the\u2063 origins of the pandemic, received monetary incentives to \u200cchange their\u200b positions. According to the lawsuit filed\u2062 under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the\u200d CIA has failed to produce the requested records or reveal the scope of\u2062 any responsive records it intends\u2063 to withhold.\u200b The plaintiffs also assert\u2064 that the\u2064 CIA has not provided any information regarding the appeal\u200c process for any adverse determination.<\/p>\n<p>FOIA Request and Non-compliance:<\/p>\n<p>The Heritage Foundation had previously filed a FOIA request seeking information pertaining to the \u2062CIA&#8217;s COVID-19\u200d Discovery Team. This included \u200ddetails about its formation, internal communications, \u2062and any documentation related to financial\u2063 incentives offered to team members. The CIA was given a deadline of 20 business days to process and release the \u200drequested records. However, this deadline has\u200b passed\u200d without any \u200bcompliance from the agency.<\/p>\n<p>FOIA \u200bDeadlines:<\/p>\n<p>Under the FOIA, \u2063federal agencies have\u200d a maximum of \u200b20 business days to either produce responsive documents or issue a determination outlining the scope of the documents they will produce or withhold, along with the reasons for any withholding. Furthermore, the requester should be notified of their right to appeal any adverse determination. The lawsuit explicitly mentions that the deadline for the CIA to comply with the FOIA request was November 20, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Implications:<\/p>\n<p>The outcome\u200d of this lawsuit holds significant implications for\u2064 the credibility of the CIA and its role in providing accurate and\u2062 unbiased\u200c information to the public. Manipulating scientific findings for political or financial gain \u2064compromises the \u200dtrust that people place in these\u200c institutions. \u2063It is essential that transparency and \u200dintegrity are \u2062upheld in investigations relating to\u2064 matters of public health and national security.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The allegations of the CIA manipulating COVID-19 conclusions and findings are \u200dserious and demand thorough investigation and \u2063transparency. The lawsuit filed \u200dby the Heritage Foundation highlights the importance of accountability and adherence to FOIA regulations. \u200dWhether the CIA is found guilty or innocent, it is crucial that\u200c the truth is\u2062 uncovered and appropriate action is taken to restore public trust. As this legal \u200dbattle unfolds, the world eagerly awaits the outcome and hopes for a fair and just resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Please disregard the HTML tags\u2063 and random characters in the initial prompt. 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