Pentagon Mum on Misleading Statements About Trump-Era Chinese Spy Balloons

Washington Free Beacon

The Department of Defense won’t identify the Pentagon official who this weekend told reporters that the Trump administration let three Chinese spy balloons fly over the country without noting the critical fact that these incidents went undetected by the military.

The “senior defense official” told journalists in a background conference call Saturday that Chinese government surveillance balloons “transited the continental United States briefly at least three times during the prior administration.” Democrats seized on the Pentagon’s disclosure to defend President Joe Biden amid outcry that China’s balloon was allowed to travel unimpeded for several days across the continental United States, only to see the claim fizzle less than 24 hours later when other anonymous officials said the balloons were discovered only after former president Donald Trump left office.

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