FOX News reported this week that former President Joe Biden's state department held back information from the public about the Chinese spy balloon that was allowed to traverse the country for days before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, 2023.
“Biden officials held discussions with Beijing Feb. 1, 2023, about the balloon, and discussed the impact disclosing the balloon to the public could have on the relationship with China, internal State Department documents show, two Trump administration officials told Fox News Digital."
The article says Biden's Secretary of State Antony Blinken had meetings with Chinese officials and allegedly wanted to tell the public what was happening but didn't. Neither did former Press Secretary Karina Jean Pierre.
"While then-White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden received a briefing on the balloon on Jan. 31, 2023, she did not provide details regarding why his administration didn’t issue a statement on the matter until Feb. 2, 2023."
The official story was the balloon didn't send back any information because its sensors were not turned on. How the Biden administration determined that after blasting it out of the sky is anyone's guess, but that seems very implausible. The balloon was also apparently "packed with U.S. technology."
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