Posted on 02/05/2023 1:01:36 PM PST by BenLurkin
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe refuted accounts from Pentagon officials that Chinese balloons entered U.S. airspace on at least three occasions under the Trump administration.
Ratcliffe, who served as former President Donald Trump's spy chief from 2020 to 2021, joined a few other former Trump administration officials claiming to have no awareness of such an incursion and described the recent balloon incident as "unprecedented."
"I can refute it. It didn't happen," Ratcliffe said...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper both denied knowing about a similar instance of a Chinese balloon hovering through the United States.
Military officials have indicated that a high-altitude balloon arrived near U.S. airspace on Jan. 28 and flew through domestic and Canadian airspace for roughly eight days. The Pentagon refrained from downing the device right away and waited until it was off the coast of the continental U.S. to avoid causing any harm to civilians from the debris.
(Excerpt) Read more at gazette.com ...
The article by Neukam states that officials said those intrusions were over the continental US, not some territory, but we’re not long in duration.
Could be the Chinese were just testing with minor intrusions that could be explained away as accidental, and have since become much more bold.
....old saying...’repeat a lie often enough and people begin to believe it ‘
Media and Dem philosophy...and sadly, it works with many people.
The Democrat deep-state is just as shameless in propagating fakenews as Russias deep-state is:
Look at this:
Russia Knows Just Who to Blame for the Coronavirus: America!
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/14/russia-blame-america-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories-disinformation/
“Stephen Neukam needs to reveal his “Senior Defense Dept” source immediately”
It’s General Fatty McWokester Mildred.
Ok. I was guessing either Sgt. Joe Bitem via the author’s brother, Duke Nuke-um, as learned from Eric Ciarmarella and the Vindman brothers.
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