The intelligence community of the United States, acting on President Joe Biden's May 26 order that it do so within 90 days, is expected to deliver a report to the president identifying China as the origin of the novel coronavirus.

Although the composers of the supposed investigative report know what the end result should be, how to arrive at the conclusion is proving to be a mind-boggling challenge for them.

Inevitably, the report will arrive at the desired conclusion by hook or by crook. But even the best liars, cheats and thieves in the world cannot fill the gap between the evidence and the conclusion with anything that holds water.