Posted on 02/06/2023 1:31:47 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said Monday that improvements ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that after Biden took office, the U.S. “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our capacity to be able to detect things that the Trump administration was unable to detect.”
Speaking at the event hosted by the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, Sullivan added that as part of those efforts “we were able to go back and look at the historical patterns” and uncover “multiple instances” during the Trump administration in which Chinese surveillance balloons traversed American airspace and territory.
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BULLSHIT
lol...yup
A 200 ft balloon is so hard to find..
sarc//
Fedsurrection II?
https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1622680727551676427?cxt=HHwWlsC42cfh9YQtAAAA
Improved surveillance = let it travel across the US and monitor citizen twitter feeds.
Ahhhahahahahahahahahahhaaaa haaa.
Good one.
bs. show me what Biden did that supercharged our 200 ft balloon finding capabilities.
Took them almost a week to come up with that lame-o bit of propaganda?
What a liar.
Biden strengthened our defense the same way he has strengthened our border.
I think this is storyline #4 and its the lamest yet.
I understand the only reason we even know about the balloon is because some local news cameraman filmed it in Montana.
That’s some real hi-tech stuff that was unavailable during Trump.
“By ZEKE MILLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and AAMER MADHANI”
And that’s how you can tell
Yeah? The video that I saw was from a homeowner in Montana using a Nikon Coolpix P900 with 83X optical Zoom and image stabilization. Real improved US surveillance there brandon.
Yes he is but he doesn’t know that he is lying.
He says what he is told to say.
His life in the bubble is perfect.
The balloon topic has made for GREAT standup by the current rulers.
These people apparently just can’t help themselves from being buffoons.
“improvements ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses”
They really don’t care anymore.
Lie right to your face, over and over, about everything.
Could you ever imagine being one of them?
National Divorce is the answer-
Trump started up the space force.
IF things were normal, the balloon would have never entered US airspace.
China told joe to stand down and he did.
Improved Surveillance = citizens looking up in the sky
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