President Biden kicked off his first day of campaigning for re-election by making excuses for communist China â saying that President Xi Jinping never meant to fly a spy balloon over sensitive American military sites earlier this year. âI donât think the leadership knew where it was, and knew what was in it, and knew […]
China insists spy balloon was âcivilianâ owned, but refuses to say who owned it: âNothing more to addâ
A top Chinese official stuck to her story this week that the Chinese government did not own a spy balloon that flew over U.S. territory earlier this year, two months after the U.S. shot it down and just days after reports that China used the balloon to gather intelligence about U.S. military sites. When pressed […]
Jon Tester Tries to Toughen Stance on Chinese Spy Balloon After Claiming It âDoesnât Put Our National Security at Riskâ
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) â who previously claimed the Chinese spy balloon that President Joe Biden allowed to fly over the United States âdoesnât put our national security at risk â now claims he will âkeep holding the Biden Administration accountableâ over its handling of the balloon. Biden allowed the Chinese spy balloon to travel
These 5 China intelligence failures are even more dangerous than the Chinese spy balloon
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It might not have been a Sputnik moment, but Americans were unsettled to wake up to the news that a Chinese surveillance balloon was sailing overhead, violating U.S. airspace. Their concern deepened when they learned this wasnât the first time. Beijing has used similar aerostats to surveil U.S. military installations in Guam and […]
Fmr Clinton Defense Secretary Cohen: Inspect Chinese Balloon for ‘Biological Component’
Former Defense Secretary William Cohen, also a former Republican U.S. Senator from Maine, said Friday on CNNâs âAnderson Cooper 360â that the Chinese balloon should be taken down and inspected to determine if there is a âbiological componentâ that could pose a threat. Cooper asked, âSecretary Cohen, if this was an Iranian balloon or a North
MSNBC’s Wagner: Chinese Spy Balloon Is Potential Security Threat, But Reaction from Right Is Seen as ‘Nativist’ and ‘Isolationist’
On Fridayâs broadcast of MSNBCâs âAlex Wagner Tonight,â host Alex Wagner reacted to the Chinese spy balloon by stating that âthere has been a degree of alarm on the part of the right as far as it concerns this balloon and China in general that I think a lot of people see as unnecessarily nativist
Tester: Chinese Spy Balloon ‘Compromises’ American Safety, Underscores Need to Ban Farmland Sales to China
On Fridayâs broadcast of MSNBCâs âAlex Wagner Tonight,â Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) stated that the Chinese spy balloon âcompromisesâ American safety and âonly adds fuel toâ the urgent need to ban China from buying farmland because allowing China to buy farmland gives China a lane âto replace us in the world as a military and
Dem Rep. Quigley: China Spy Balloon Isn’t a New Issue, They’ve Had Satellites ‘for Years’
On Fridayâs âCNN Newsroom,â Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) stated that the Chinese spy balloon is a serious issue, but we should note that âthe low orbit Chinese satellites have been there for years, theyâre there all the time. I donât want the American people to think this is something new and that all of a
China Accuses U.S. of âDramatizingâ Spy Balloon Incident After House Resolution
China on Friday accused the United States Congress of âdramatizingâ the Chinese spy balloon incident after the House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution to condemn China for it. H. Res. 104 condemns the âChinese Communist Partyâs use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territoryâ and labeled the situation âa brazen violation of
United States Sanctions Six Chinese Firms amid Spy Balloon IncidentÂ
The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday announced sanctions against six Chinese aerospace companies in connection with the Chinese spy balloon that U.S. military officials shot down last weekend after it traversed U.S. airspace. The six companies were added to an export blacklist because of their links to the Peopleâs Liberation Army aerospace programs, âincluding airships
‘Large White Balloon’ Spotted Northeast of Hawaii, Air Traffic Control Confirms
âLarge White Balloonâ Spotted Northeast of Hawaii, Air Traffic Control Confirms Chad Fish via AP, File Air Traffic Control (ATC) confirmed that a âlarge white balloonâ has been spotted just northeast of Hawaii. The Oakland Oceanic Air Traffic Control Center said on Sunday that a white ballon was spotted over the Pacific Ocean just 594
Survey: Most Say Biden Administration Acted ‘Too Slowly’ in Taking Down Chinese Spy Balloon
Most voters believe President Joe Bidenâs administration moved too slowly in taking down the Chinese spy balloon, which slowly made its way across the country before the U.S. military shot it down off the Carolina coast, a recent Harvard Caps/Harris survey found. The U.S. shot down the Chinese spy balloon â which China initially asserted
Cuellar: Biden Admin. Knew About Spy Balloon ‘Way Before’ It Reached U.S.
On Fridayâs broadcast of the Fox News Channelâs âYour World,â Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that the Biden administration âcertainlyâ knew about the Chinese spy balloon and the object over Alaska that was shot down before the objects crossed over into American airspace because these objects donât âjust appear at the Alaskan coast. Weâre able
Seth Meyers Mocks Fox Newsâ âDumbestâ Chinese Spy Balloon Speculation
While the entire news media was consumed by a Chinese spy balloon that the Biden administration ultimately shot out of the sky over the weekend, Seth Meyers noted on Monday that it was an âespecially big hitâ on Fox News, whose âhuman news balloons could not stop obsessing over it.ââAn entire network became obsessed with
Balloon Buffoons Biden and Trudeau Skate Away From China Surveillance Aircraft Scandal
North American top âBalloon Buffoonsâ, dipstick U.S. President Joe Biden and China cheerleader Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are easily skating away from any blame for the surveillance balloon that purposely traversed the United States and Canada, suspected of it seeking to monitor sensitive military sites for the past seven days.Aiding and abetting their skate-away […]
Booker: GOP ‘Hypocritical’ for Criticizing Biden on Chinese Balloon
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Sunday on NBCâs âMeet the Pressâ that Republicans were being âhypocriticalâ when criticizing President Joe Biden on the Chinese balloon incident. Booker said, âWell, I want to make one more point about this. I think what is problematic when Democrat or Republican have one standard for one president and another
Rubio: Biden’s Failure to Address the Nation on Chinese Balloon ‘Beginning of Dereliction of Duty’
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said on CNNâs âState of the Unionâ the President Joe Biden not addressing the nation about the Chinese balloon was âthe beginning of dereliction of duty.â Host Jake Tapper said, âYour colleague and friend Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina accused President Biden of, quote, âdereliction of duty by allowing the