Ran Paul Letter To DNI Tulsi Gabbard October 30, 2025
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The Honorable Tulsi Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2201 C St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20511
Dear Director Gabbard:
As Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, I write to
request records related to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the origins of COVID-19
and risky life sciences research. The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs has jurisdiction over government information and the duty of “studying the efficiency,
economy, and effectiveness of all agencies and departments of the Government.”1 Additionally,
the Committee is authorized to investigate “the possible existence of fraud, misfeasance,
malfeasance, collusion, mismanagement, incompetence, corruption or unethical practices, waste,
extravagance, conflicts of interest, and the improper expenditure of Government funds in
transactions, contracts, and activities of the Government or of Government officials and
employees and any and all such improper practices between Government personnel and
corporations, individuals, companies, or persons affiliated therewith, doing business with the
Government, and the compliance or noncompliance of such corporations, companies, or
individuals or other entities with the rules, regulations, and laws governing the various
governmental agencies and the Government's relationships with the public.”2
Over the course of the investigation, I have obtained information that leads me to believe the
Intelligence Community is in possession of records critical to the Committee’s ongoing inquiry.
For example, in a September 2015 email, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
(ODNI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contacted Dr. Ralph Baric, a scientist who
collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), to discuss a “possible project” relating
to “[c]oronavirus evolution and possible natural human adaptation.” 3 On January 23, 2020, Dr.
Baric was asked by “the Sponsor” to give a presentation on the “current Coronavirus situation”
at a “B Group” meeting the following week.4 “B Group” appears to be a reference to the ODNI’s
1
S. Rule XXV(k); S. Res. 445, 108th Cong. (2004)(enacted).
2
S. Res. 94, 119th Cong. § 12(e) (2025)(enacted).
3
Email from Ralph Baric, RE: Request for Your Expertise (Sept. 9, 2015–Sept. 24, 2015); A SARS-like cluster of
circulating bat coronaviruses shows potential for human emergence
https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985#Sec12.
4
Email from Ralph Baric, RE: B Group Next Week (Jan. 23, 2020–Jan. 29, 2020).
Biological Sciences Experts Group (BSEG).5 On January 29, 2020, Dr. Baric emailed a copy of
his PowerPoint presentation which included a slide titled “Origins” that discussed the possibility
of an accidental release by the WIV. 6
For this reason, I respectfully request the following records be provided in complete, original,
and unredacted form no later than 5:00 PM on November 13, 2025:
1. All emails, including any attachments, sent or received between January 1, 2012, and
October 30, 2025, between any ODNI employee, ODNI contractor, or individual detailed
to ODNI by another federal agency and any of the following individuals: Ralph Baric,
Toni Baric, Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, Cliff Lane, David Morens, Gray Handley,
Ping Chen, Dennis Carroll, Peter Daszak, Aleksei Chmura, Bob Garry, Linfa Wang,
Jeremy Farrar, Vincent Munster, or Ian Lipkin. This request includes any email in which
the listed individuals appear in the to, from, cc, or bcc fields, as well as any email that
references, mentions, or otherwise discusses any of the listed individuals, even if they are
not direct participants in the correspondence.
2. All records since January 1, 2012, referring or relating to any of the following
individuals: Ralph Baric, Toni Baric, Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, Cliff Lane, David
Morens, Gray Handley, Ping Chen, Dennis Carroll, Peter Daszak, Aleksei Chmura, Bob
Garry, Linfa Wang, Jeremy Farrar, Vincent Munster, or Ian Lipkin.
3. All emails, including any attachments, sent or received between January 1, 2012, and
October 30, 2025, of any ODNI employee, ODNI contractor, or individual detailed to
ODNI by another federal agency, referring or relating to any of the following:
a. COVID-19 origins
b. Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)
c. Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS)
d. Zhengli Shi
e. Ben Hu
f. Yusen Zhou
g. EcoHealth Alliance
h. The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC)
i. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated
Research Facility (IRF) at Fort Detrick
j. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML)
k. gain-of-function research (GOF)
l. biological dual use research of concern (DURC)
5
NAT. ARCHIVES AND RECS. ADMIN., REQUEST FOR RECS. DISPOSITION AUTH. FOR THE NAT’L
COUNTERPROLIFERATION CTR. (2010), https://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/rcs/schedules/independent-
agencies/rg-0576/n1-576-08-006_sf115.pdf; Demaneuf, Gilles (@gdemaneuf). “1/2 Quick update to my Proximal
Origin piece to identify the confidential BSEG meeting of 25 or 26 Jan 2020, during which Baric explained that the
virus could have come from a lab, possibly after some engineering.” X, Jan. 26, 2025,
https://x.com/gdemaneuf/status/1883465391156109423.
6
Presentation from Baric Laboratory, University of North Carolina, 2019-nHCov.
m. Biological Sciences Experts Group (BSEG)
n. DEFUSE proposal
o. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DEFUSE Proposal
p. DARPA PREventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats (PREEMPT) Program
q. USAID PREDICT Program
r. Biological laboratories located overseas that receive funding or support from the
U.S. government.
4. All records since January 1, 2012, referring or relating to any of the following:
a. COVID-19 origins
b. Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)
c. Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS)
d. Zhengli Shi
e. Ben Hu
f. Yusen Zhou
g. EcoHealth Alliance
h. The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC)
i. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated
Research Facility (IRF) at Fort Detrick
j. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML)
k. gain-of-function research (GOF)
l. biological dual use research of concern (DURC)
m. Biological Sciences Experts Group (BSEG)
n. DEFUSE proposal
o. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) DEFUSE Proposal
p. DARPA PREventing Emerging Pathogenic Threats (PREEMPT) Program
q. USAID PREDICT Program
r. Biological laboratories located overseas that receive funding or support from the
U.S. government.
5. All emails, including any attachments, sent or received between January 1, 2020, and
October 30, 2025, between any ODNI employee, ODNI contractor, or individual detailed
to ODNI by another federal agency and Adrienne Keen or James Murphy. This request
includes any email in which the listed individuals appear in the to, from, cc, or bcc fields,
as well as any email that references, mentions, or otherwise discusses any of the listed
individuals, even if they are not direct participants in the correspondence.
6. All assessments, reports, evaluations, or other analytic products related to the origins of
COVID-19 transmitted to or produced by ODNI, including limited-distribution reports
transmitted to ODNI.
7. All emails, including any attachments, sent or received between January 1, 2020, and
October 30, 2025, by any ODNI employee, ODNI contractor, or individual detailed to
ODNI by another federal agency referring or relating to a National Intelligence Council
assessment on the origins of COVID-19.
8. All documents, materials, or correspondence received from any Intelligence Community
component that are responsive to the Committee’s subpoenas issued on January 13, 2025.
Please segregate and transmit all unclassified material responsive to this request directly to my
office. Please transmit all responsive classified material directly to the Office of Senate Security
and notify my office upon delivery.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
Rand Paul, M.D.
Chairman
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs
Enclosures:
Email from Ralph Baric, RE: Request for Your Expertise (Sept. 9, 2015–Sept. 24, 2015)
Email from Ralph Baric, RE: B Group Next Week (Jan. 23, 2020–Jan. 29, 2020)
