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Headline: James Erdman III Testifies On The Origins Of The COVID-19 Pandemic

Caption: James Erdman III, senior operations officer at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), waits to testify during a US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, on May 13, 2026. Erdman believes there was an effort within the Intelligence Community to downplay the possibility that the COVID-19 pandemic originated in a "lab leak.” Credit: Andrew Thomas / CNP

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PersonInImage: James Erdman III