U.S. spy agencies collected raw intelligence hinting at a public health crisis in Wuhan, China, in November, two current and one former U.S. official told NBC News, but the information was not understood as the first warning signs of an impending global pandemic. The intelligence came in the form of communications intercepts and overhead images showing increased activity at health facilities, the officials said. It caught the attention of public health analysts and fueled formal assessments that were written in December, but there was no assessment that a lethal global outbreak was brewing at that time, a defense official said. Download the NBC News app for full coverage and alerts about the coronavirus crisis. | 
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