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China steals billions worth of U.S. intellectually property and maintains a "massive spy ring" in U.S. institutions, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Sunday. Comer argued during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" that the problem of Chinese surveillance was "a lot bigger" than spy balloons floating over the country. Comer bashed President Biden for allowing China's craft to cross the continental U.S., but said the failure of the Biden administration to combat intellectual property theft was the true issue. "You know, China continues to steal our intellectual property. They continue to steal our patents. They manipulate their...

Many fully-grown adults have never developed the ability to think beyond words. Others are keenly aware of how easily people fall for this language game. And tactically exploit this mental weakness. This isn’t a new phenomenon. William Shirer, the American journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, described his experiences as a war correspondent in Nazi Germany: [page image at site]. In June of 2015, the PATRIOT Act expired. The Obama Administration then restored most of the provisions under the title Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act....

A senior State Department official with the Biden administration to CNN that the Chinese surveillance balloon, which was shot down by an F-22 Raptor on Saturday, was operating with electronic surveillance technology capable of ‘monitoring’ US communications. The balloon “was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations” and was part of a fleet that had flown over “more than 40 countries across five continents.”

1:27 During a portion of an interview with CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin released on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that in response to the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the country last week, the United States ensured that its nuclear bases “were buttoned down” and that “movement was limited and communications were limited so that we didn’t expose any capability unnecessarily.” Austin also stated that the buttoning down applied to nuclear bases all across the United States. Martin asked, “You don’t know what it was looking for, but you certainly know what you were...

Fred Fleitz Former Chief of Staff of the National Security Council* was just interviewed (Feb 7, 2023) on TMZ live https://twitter.com/TMZLive "Tiktok under microscope after spy Balloon fiasco." Recap, Fleitz says, the balloon was a rest to see how the US would react and that Biden failed in that. The real danger of Chinese spying is in such methods like vi a TikTok that gathers info. His earlier clip, on Fox: Time for the US to ban TikTok: Fred Fleitz | Fox News Video, Dec 3, 2022.https://www.foxnews.com/video/6316540207112ved=2ahUKEwjSvtPMoIT9AhXcczABHWD9DlIQtwJ6BAgSEAI&usg=AOvVaw0_alaZ1ac4zc7A1EyWSZOP

The entire world was shocked as they watched China brazenly fly a spy balloon over America. It was first spotted in Alaska on January 28 and then flew across Canada and down into the United States. The Chinese Jolly Roger spent four days sailing over 11 American states, including 21 military bases, without repercussion. All patriotic Americans were disgusted, but the liberals who “elected” the bumbling, fumbling, Biden (Oh, sure, he's just fine) were probably pleased as punch with his anemic response. During the unauthorized Chinese incursion, I wondered what would Trump do (W.W.T.D.) if China launched a spy balloon...

News that the Pentagon was tracking a Chinese communist spy balloon hovering over the United States this week is raising concerns about the extent of China’s espionage efforts against America and its citizens.But just how far is the regime willing to go in order to spy on and undermine the United States?The espionage efforts of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, go much broader and deeper than mere sensor balloons. Such efforts include human intelligence gathering, transnational repression schemes, cyber theft and hacking, intellectual property theft, and even the harvesting of Americans’ genetic material.In...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday did not directly answer a question on what potential information a suspected Chinese spy balloon could have collected when it flew over the United States, saying it was “well outside” his “lane.” “I’m sure there’s a similar presumption about what spy satellites do,” Buttigieg told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.” “That is well outside of my lane, I’m just glad that nobody was hurt.”

The U.S. was able to collect valuable information on China’s surveillance capabilities while observing the spy balloon as it traversed the continental U.S. for several days, a senior military official and senior defense official said Saturday. President Joe Biden asked for possible military options for removing the threat of the suspected Chinese spy balloon Tuesday, but the Department of Defense (DOD) opted against doing so Wednesday over concerns falling debris could endanger civilians, officials said at a briefing Saturday.

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's definitely lucky to get out of Tennessee in one piece.

Onlookers swarmed social media with videos of the Chinese spy balloon being “taken out” over the waters in South Carolina Saturday. “Looks like here we see the contrail of the missile and the F-22 that fired the shot at the #ChinaSpyBalloon,” said user Thenewsarea51.

The U.S. military has shot down the Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. While the balloon was off the coast of South Carolina, the balloon was shot down by the U.S. military on Saturday afternoon, according to Fox News sources

It's been known for a long time now the U.S. government has been spying on it's own citizens. Those in government are monitoring, tracking, videoing, scanning, recording, censoring and watching your every move. No one is safe from this spying. Now the same U.S. government has allowed the Communist Chinese to invade our airspace and go directly over some of our most sensitive military bases, nuclear facilities, not to mention directly over our cities and towns Yet an American citizen can fly a toy drone near a U.S. government facility, and then immediately face arrest, investigation, and imprisonment. I think...

I just created a meme template for Biden’s spy balloon. Add your own text and post your meme to this thread.

On Friday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) stated that the Chinese spy balloon is a serious issue, but we should note that “the low orbit Chinese satellites have been there for years, they’re there all the time. I don’t want the American people to think this is something new and that all of a sudden we have a concern that we didn’t have before.” Quigley stated that Secretary of State Tony Blinken should not have canceled his trip to China over the balloon, and that “if you’re angry about something, don’t talk about it through the press, talk about...

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated that the Chinese spy balloon over the U.S. is “gathering intelligence” and that the U.S. either needs to intercept it or shoot it down if that’s the last alternative and that simply letting the balloon go out to sea is not an option. Panetta said, “I think the United States has to take control of this balloon. There are two things that are of great concern here: One is that it’s been determined to be a surveillance balloon, which means that it’s gathering intelligence. That’s the purpose...

Former President Donald Trump is calling for the Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States to be shot down. “SHOOT DOWN THE BALLOON!” Trump posted on Truth Social Friday morning, after the Pentagon confirmed Thursday evening that a Chinese spy balloon had been floating over the U.S. for several days. entagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a statement Thursday: The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now. The U.S. government, to include NORAD, continues to track and monitor it closely. The balloon...

On Thursday afternoon the Pentagon announced that a “high altitude surveillance balloon” had been located over the continental United States over the last two days, and that steps had been taken to ensure that sensitive military and government information was not at risk of being intercepted, but that the balloon was still drifting over the country. While the official didn’t state which country the Pentagon believes owns this weapon of war, a “senior official” said they’re “confident” it belongs to China.Many excuses have been given about why the balloon hasn’t been intercepted or shot down, and now Bill Melugin of...

The following is an excerpt from "SPYFAIL: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence" by James Bamford. An alleged spy within the FBI may be largely responsible for unraveling the CIA's Chinese spy network. The FBI's website carries a stark warning. "The counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China," it says, "are a grave threat to the economic well-being and democratic values of the United States. Confronting this threat is the FBI's top counterintelligence priority." But far worse is the threat to the lives of scores of courageous Chinese agents who have volunteered...

Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against an NYPD cop who was accused of spying for the Chinese government, according to a new report. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York’s office moved to dismiss the case on Friday, explaining in court filings that their investigation had “obtained additional information bearing on the charges,” the New York Daily News reported. The charges included acting as an illegal agent of China, wire fraud, and making false statements. Baimadajie Angwang was arrested in September 2020 and accused of spying on New York City’s Tibetan communities for the Chinese government through...