#shorts On 3/21/2023, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked NSC Spox John Kirby, “John, about the bill President Biden signed yesterday: He says he will declassify COVID origins intel except info that would harm national security. Is there a bigger national security threat than something that killed 1.1 million people —

MR. KIRBY: Yeah. Yeah, I’ve seen —
Doocy: — in this country?
MR. KIRBY: I’ve seen some of the commentary on your network about this.

The President obviously has to balance transparency with national security, Peter. Of course, he does …
Doocy: Then where is it?

MR. KIRBY: Hey, let me finish my answer.
Doocy: If we’re talking about the beginning of his term —
MR. KIRBY: Added the Department of Energy and the National Labs. Told them to keep studying it. We have kept Congress informed. Some of that has to be …

Doocy: Then does the White House hope that the lab leak theory is not true?

MR. KIRBY: We don’t have a hope one way or the other, Peter. What we want is the ground truth, wherever that takes us — wherever the science takes you, wherever the facts takes you.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/3y0ZwUl-Paw
Q: does the White House hope that the lab leak theory is not true?