French Intelligence Warned In 2004 That China's Poor Bio-Security Reputation Could Lead To A Catastrophic Leak. Also Warned That China Could Use The TEchnology To Biowarfare Weapons

Richard Ebright, professor of chemical biology at Rutgers University, in New Jersey, said scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (pictured) were creating chimeric coronaviruses (new hybrid micro-organisms)

Daily Mail: Wuhan virus lab was signed off by EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier in 2004 - despite French intelligence warnings that China's poor bio-security reputation could lead to a catastrophic leak

* The EU's chief Brexit negotiator signed off on construction of the P4 laboratory
* French intelligence services warned poor Chinese security could lead to a leak
* Jacques Chirac, French president at the time, pushed the Wuhan lab project
* 50 French scientists were meant to go to Wuhan but were never sent to the lab

The construction of the Chinese laboratory at the centre of mounting suspicion over the source of the Covid-19 pandemic was signed off by the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier – despite warnings by French intelligence services.

Mr Barnier – currently embroiled in acrimonious negotiations with the UK over a post-Brexit trade deal – was the French foreign minister when he gave the go-ahead for work to start on the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2004, under a joint deal with the Chinese.

The move came despite strong opposition from French diplomatic and security advisers, who argued that the Chinese reputation for poor bio-security could lead to a catastrophic leak.

They also warned that Paris could lose control of the project, and even suggested that Beijing could harness the technology to make biowarfare weapons.

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Update: French Intelligence Warned Of 'Catastrophic Leak' From Wuhan Lab (Zero Hedge)

WNU Editor: Hmmmm ... this is ominous from one of the labs top researchers .... China Coronavirus Expert Warns COVID-19 Is 'Just The Tip Of The Iceberg' (IBTimes).