by Madeleine Hubbard
The Chinese spy balloon that traversed much of the continental United States in early February was reportedly able to gather intelligence from multiple sensitive military sites, despite the Biden administration’s efforts to foil any espionage activity.
China guided the balloon to pass over sensitive sites multiple times, even making figure-eight formations at some points, two senior U.S. officials and one former senior administration official told NBC News on Monday.
The balloon transmitted the information, which was mostly electronic signals, back to Beijing live, the officials said. The electronic signals likely included base communications or were detected from weapons systems.
China could have detected far more intelligence from the sites has the administration not moved potential targets and blocked the balloon’s detection ability, the officials also said.
When asked about the report, the Defense Department directed reporters to remarks from February in which senior officials said the balloon’s intelligence-gathering abilities were “limited,” and were similar to what Beijing is likely able to collect through objects such as satellites.
The U.S. military shot down the balloon over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4. The debris was fully recovered nearly two weeks later.
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Madeleine Hubbard joined Just the News as a fast file reporter after working as an editor at Breitbart News. Hubbard previously served as the special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo “Chinese Spy Balloon Recovery” by U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
Tell me that this is not true!! Admiral (political hack) Kirby representing the White House repeatedly assured the American people that the transmission signals from the Chinese spy balloon were blocked or jammed. Of course, we all knew that he was lying but why, oh why, did Biden let the balloon traverse the entire country spying on our most secret military installations. Would it have anything to do with Biden being compromised? Unfortunately, we will never know because all high rankling Democrats are shielded from prosecution.