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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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1 posted on 06/30/2023 2:37:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Yeah sure. Liars all.


2 posted on 06/30/2023 2:37:41 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: nickcarraway

CYA report.


3 posted on 06/30/2023 2:37:57 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: nickcarraway

And COVID came from Raccoon Dogs. Or Pangolins.


4 posted on 06/30/2023 2:38:59 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: subterfuge
In other words, it gathered LOTS of sensitive military data, and phoned home.

And Hunter was on a call with his Chinese contact, and wondering where the spy balloon payout was - "Because The Big Guy is sitting right here with me!".

5 posted on 06/30/2023 2:39:41 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: nickcarraway
Why should we believe any B$ that comes out of DC?
6 posted on 06/30/2023 2:40:45 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (We have no shortage of experts, stating things as fact, and have no idea nor reality re solutions!!)
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Lol. I think the Chinese could sell the Brooklyn Bridge to anyone in Biden’s cabinet, family or most of Congress for that matter. Does anybody sincerely believe anything they say?


7 posted on 06/30/2023 2:40:50 PM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: nickcarraway

Absurd!


8 posted on 06/30/2023 2:41:46 PM PDT by devere
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To: nickcarraway

In other words, the Chinese thing gathered data on the U.S.


9 posted on 06/30/2023 2:42:05 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Grampa Dave

My leg is wet.......


10 posted on 06/30/2023 2:42:09 PM PDT by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and even n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yeah, that restores my trust in woke generals. /s


11 posted on 06/30/2023 2:42:14 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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Which tranny in the pentagon said this?


12 posted on 06/30/2023 2:43:18 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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So Chang and Ching just decided to launch a ballon for the heck of it ? Not buying it.


13 posted on 06/30/2023 2:43:31 PM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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They waited to splash it down in the Ocean so that all the electronics would be damaged, and the evidence destroyed. That is what I know. There no reason at all that such a balloon would be going on a joy ride. All we get now are lies.


14 posted on 06/30/2023 2:43:41 PM PDT by Revel
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To: nickcarraway

There was a time when if the Pentagon said something it was end to story for me. The truth has been spoken.

Not any more. No credibility with me.


15 posted on 06/30/2023 2:44:12 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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Totarry not spy barroon. Send money to big guy when he call on bunner phone.


16 posted on 06/30/2023 2:45:10 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t believe anything our government tells us anymore.


17 posted on 06/30/2023 2:45:33 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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I know for a fact that the balloon was sprinking rose petals from sea to shining sea. Really?


18 posted on 06/30/2023 2:46:36 PM PDT by sasquatch
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Uh-huh, riiiiight.


19 posted on 06/30/2023 2:46:52 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: nickcarraway

And bears crap in toilets in campgrounds


20 posted on 06/30/2023 2:46:56 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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