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Chinese Spy Balloon Did Not Gather Data Over US: Pentagon
Channel News Asia ^ | 30 Jun 2023

Posted on 06/30/2023 2:37:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The Chinese spy balloon shot down by a US fighter jet over the Atlantic in February did not collect intelligence as it flew across the United States, the Pentagon said on Thursday (Jun 29).

"It's been our assessment now that it did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United States," said Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder.

Ryder said the US "took steps to mitigate" intelligence collection by the balloon. "Certainly the efforts we made contributed" to that, Ryder said, without further explanation.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


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To: nickcarraway

Nothing is to be believed by them.


21 posted on 06/30/2023 2:47:22 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: nickcarraway

If the balloon was not Gathering sensitive data , then why did we shoot it down?

Once it had floated out of American air space, why didn’t we just let it go on its way, if it wasn’t gathering information?


22 posted on 06/30/2023 2:47:37 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: nickcarraway

Can you imagine the laughter in China now?
Nothing gathered while drifting for days over high security locations much of which time the US was totally unaware of what was happening?

Some balloons are so pretty. All those colors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-UQ0-8ktAM


23 posted on 06/30/2023 2:48:04 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: BereanBrain

Yup-


24 posted on 06/30/2023 2:48:07 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Jonty30

The balloon wasn’t gathering data, it was just grooming data, for when there was more of it.


25 posted on 06/30/2023 2:48:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: frank ballenger

They look like Ray Liotta now.


26 posted on 06/30/2023 2:48:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

They didn’t even know what it was much less what it was doing


27 posted on 06/30/2023 2:48:54 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: nickcarraway

it only went over 20 installations... but who’s counting


28 posted on 06/30/2023 2:51:59 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“If the balloon was not Gathering sensitive data , then why did we shoot it down?”


Because it embarrassed Brandon; made him look weak and incompetent. Made people question his leadership. This is not to say that it didn’t gather intelligence info.


29 posted on 06/30/2023 2:52:07 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdJ8x6lyrfo


30 posted on 06/30/2023 2:52:33 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

First, you’re lying.

Second, how would you know?


31 posted on 06/30/2023 2:52:38 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: nickcarraway

And who here believes this? They’re lying because their lips are moving.


32 posted on 06/30/2023 2:52:45 PM PDT by Trumpette1954 (Live laugh love!)
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33 posted on 06/30/2023 2:53:11 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: frank ballenger

Can the Pentagon do anything right? In a race to the bottom, who wins? The FBI or the Pentagon?


34 posted on 06/30/2023 2:53:45 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: nickcarraway

“did not collect intelligence as it flew”

So they were trial balloons.


35 posted on 06/30/2023 2:56:06 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: Bookshelf

DOJ runs the FBI so its between the DOJ, Pentagon and Dept of State who brought us Afghanistan.


36 posted on 06/30/2023 2:56:56 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: nickcarraway

To get attention away from something else?


37 posted on 06/30/2023 2:57:48 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: nickcarraway

“”It’s been our assessment now that it did not collect while it was transiting the United States or overflying the United States,” said Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder.”

One has to parse liberal-speak carefully. Depends on what is meant by “collect”. Maybe it didn’t collect and store data but simply transmitted it in real-time to China.


38 posted on 06/30/2023 2:58:25 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: nickcarraway

So it didn’t pick up any Chuck Berry. I’ll bet it took a lot of photos.


39 posted on 06/30/2023 2:59:11 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

Thanks ‘pantygone’. I feel assured now.


40 posted on 06/30/2023 3:00:56 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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