MAJOR FAKE NEWS UPDATE: Early Intel Warnings Of Potential Danger Of Pandemic

ABC News is running with an important story that provides detail on the US Intel Community's (IC) early knowledge of the Wuhan Virus' potential for catastrophic impact on the world--or, at a minimum, on US miltary forces in Asia: Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November. Obviously this story--and it is obvious, if you read the whole thing--is trying to pin the blame for what's happening currently in the US on Trump. So, before I provide some excerpts from ABC, I'll lead with the intro to Zerohedge's coverage--US Intelligence Warned Of "Cataclysmic" Coronavirus Crisis As Impeachment Dominated Headlines:

While Congressional Democrats dominated headlines with their impeachment of President Trump - who was ultimately acquitted by the Senate, US intelligence officials were sounding the alarm that a serious illness was sweeping through China's Wuhan region.

The idea of the ABC reporting seems to be that a president who is being impeached shouldn't miss a beat in anticipating potential--not actual--disease threats. And the perpetrators of what was clearly a constitutionally fraudulent impeachment--indeed, an Impeachment Theater event--should bear no responsibility. In my view that will be a losing narrative, just as the Russia Hoax was. OTOH, it will require skill and determination to turn it aside.

Beyond that, however, another bit of context may be helpful. Apparently the CDC is saying that they were basically misled by the Chicoms and by the WHO. They thought that what was happening in China was another SARS-Classic event that, while serious, could be contained. While wrong, that was not a totally misguided assessment, given the history of past SARS outbreaks in China, from 2003 on. Thus they remained focused on the developing flu season. What CDC didn't yet realize was that SARS-CoV-2 was, in epidemiological terms, a decisive development over SARS-Classic that gave the new virus much greater potential for a pandemic breakout. The thinking at CDC reflected informed epidemiological thinking as found in Michael Osterholm's 2017 book, which classified SARS as a regional epidemic threat but new flu strains as potential pandemic threats--potential global threats.

Thus, Trump--besides being greatly occupied with all the resistance shenanigans and the Impeachment Theater throughout the months of the Covid19 buildup and breakout--from November, 2019, to the end of January, 2020--would have been receiving conflicting accounts of the novel virus: those from the IC and those from the CDC.

All that said, there is definite material of interest in ABC's reporting, mostly IMO with regard to what it tells us about China. Here are the opening paragraph's from ABC, which cover the essential details:

UPDATED: BREAKING: Glenn Fine Out As DoD IG

This is really very big. You need to understand that Glenn Fine is sort of an institution in the the DC world of Inspectors General. He was there at the beginning and has a great reputation in the Establishment. He was IG at DoJ when I was interviewed in connection with the Hanssen case--in which there was no real accountability. At this point I don't know what's behind this move. It's quite possible that it has to do with Durham's ongoing investigation and the involvement of DoD personnel in the Dem Impeachment Theater. I'm sure we'll be hearing more.

On the other hand, ponder this from Wikipedia:

On March 30, 2020, Fine was named chair of The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, to oversee the $2 trillion stimulus funds signed into law by President Donald Trump in response to the coronavirus outbreak. On April 7, 2020, Fine was removed from the position by President Trump.

Did Trump learn something about who Fine was cooperating with in that new Pandemic position? Here's how this move worked, as you'll see from the AP account below.

DoJ IG Michael Horowitz chairs the IG council--all the IGs in DC. With formation of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee Horowitz moved quickly to appoint Fine to head The Pandemic committee on March 30, 2020. Trump moved just as quickly to nominate a replacement inspector general at the Pentagon and appointed an acting one to serve in Fine’s place. Then, today, Trump dismissed Fine from his newfangled Pandemic position. It was a sort of Wuhan Firedrill, and now Fine has no place to sit--or to hang his hat. He'll return to DoD, but will be second fiddle to the new acting guy.

There's no way in the world that Trump didn't have this in mind, and there's no way in the world he didn't consult closely with his WH counsel, Pat Cipollone, who led the impeachment defense team. And quite likely with AG Barr as well. I have to believe that this ties in to the ongoing house cleaning of the Intelligence Community.