Untapped US intelligence to be probed for clues to COVID-19 origin

A cache of intel has yet to be fully analyzed about the origins of COVID-19 -- potential evidence that could hold the key to the virus's roots.

After assessing the intelligence and raw data before them, it became apparent to Biden and his top officials that a large cache of information had yet to be fully analyzed -- officials told ABC News -- potential evidence that could hold clues to the virus that has claimed the lives of more than 3.5 million people. The existence of unexamined intelligence was first reported by the New York Times. "What did they maybe miss in the past? what can we collect now? what determination can we make? And what are we going to do about it?" asked Mick Mulroy, a former top official with the CIA and Defense Department, a deputy associate defense secretary for much of President Trump’s administration and an ABC News contributor. Intel officials must now "redouble their efforts" to analyze the data, Biden said this week.