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Biden administration 'planned to keep Chinese spy balloon that hovered over US for weeks SECRET from the public and Congress': Air Force commander admits device 'exposed significant gaps' in intelligence agencies
2023-12-24
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  • Biden officials are said to have planned to keep the existence of a Chinese spy balloon that hovered over the US secret from the public and Congress

  • The balloon entered US airspace on 28 January and was shot down on 4 February after passing over multiple nuclear missile sites

  • NORAD Chief Gen. Glen VanHerck has said that the balloon exposed gaps in intelligence gathering and said the Chinese balloon program remains ongoing
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Posted by:Skidmark

#8  You got to understand who the WH really works for. It then all makes sense.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-12-24 14:23  

#7  It should have been kept secret forever. If it showed a seam in our defense, we the civilians population should have never heard about it, and the military should have fixed the gap immediately. Where the problem, in my small mind, is our government does not know how to handle a hostile press. Our politicians salivate at the chance to turn anything into a left vs right political event. This was no exception. It comes out in the news, the gap is exposed and what happens? The president calls FOX a conspiracy station and mocks FOX news. FOX get pictures and discredits the government, Bidens fool focus on continuing the lie with more counter accusations. The four star general is caught bold faced lying to congress and America. Amateur hour all around. If I was China I would send all kinds of stuff like that to America, none of it needs to be functional equipment, Biden mismanaged it so bad that if was made of Lego's no one would believe it any more and the CCP plan to disrupt our government is a success....
Posted by: 49 Pan   2023-12-24 10:49  

#6  That's it Burton! Super-sized Chinese weather balloons. We can hang all sorts of stuff off of them.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-12-24 09:55  

#5  Goodyear would have been too obvious
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-12-24 09:52  

#4  Air Force commander admits device 'exposed significant gaps' in intelligence agencies

A bilateral systems test then ?


Posted by: Besoeker   2023-12-24 09:15  

#3  Well, they didn't say anything about the dozen or so others, so it kinda follows...
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-12-24 08:50  

#2  I would have thought Pfizer...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-12-24 08:05  

#1  The CCP rebuffed Biden’s call to install a Met Life logo. The rest is history.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-12-24 08:01  

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