[6/*] It turns out gain of function research was _in_ the first proposal (DARPA. unfunded), not in the second proposal (NIH, funded), but then the second proposal ended up in the lab "accidentally" producing gain of function. Those are the actual facts that were disclosed.
But if you want the full story, what happened was that The Intercept FOIA'd to get the EcoHealth grants. They got them back, but one of the reports was missing. The government hadn't withheld it - EcoHealth _had not filed it_, in violation of their grant.
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I am not clear (and we may not know?) exactly what then transpired, but the NIH's compliance department either demanded the report be filed, or EcoHealth voluntarily filed it after The Intercept reported it missing, or something.
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_That_ report, which _was_ filed after the article you cited, is the one where they admit that they ended up doing gain of function research, although they claim it was accidental. Which, it definitely wasn't by any sane read, but, let's just give them the benefit of the doubt :)
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