Report: U.S. Officials Let China Eavesdrop On Former US Secretary Of State Pompeo's Phone Talk With Ministers From The Five Eyes Bloc Last December

Shortly before leaving office with President Donald Trump in January, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used the call to inform Mr Raab of his plan to point the finger at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, suggesting the pandemic arose following a leak from a laboratory 

Daily Mail: US 'deliberately let China eavesdrop on a call to Dominic Raab to send a message to the Communist Party in Beijing' 

 * Call was used to suggest coronavirus leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology 

 * Washington source said Mr Raab had been 'very supportive' during phone call

 * Source said: 'We did it on an open phone to ensure the Chinese could hear it'

US officials deliberately held a phone call with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over an insecure line to allow the Chinese government to eavesdrop on their discussions about the origins of the coronavirus, Washington sources have told The Mail on Sunday. 

Shortly before leaving office with President Donald Trump in January, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used the call to inform Mr Raab of his plan to point the finger at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, suggesting the pandemic arose following a leak from a laboratory. 

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Update: US Let China Eavesdrop on Mike Pompeo's Phone Talk With Ministers From Five Eyes Bloc, Media Claims (Spuntik) 

WNU editor: I am not sure about this story. President Trump was blunt throughout 2020 in blaming China for unleashing the Covid-19 pandemic. I do not see how letting China eavesdrop on Secretary Of State Pompeo's phone conversations with his counterparts at the Five-eyes bloc would have changed anything.

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