China spy balloon gathered information from multiple military sites despite attempts to block it, report says
Holly Rosenkrantz
Francesca Chambers
The Chinese balloon that flew across the United States this year was able to gather intelligence from several U.S. military sites and transmit it to Beijing in real time despite the Biden administration's attempts to block it, according to a report from NBC News.
The high-altitude balloon was able to make multiple trips over some of the sites before it was shot down on Feb. 4, at times flying in a figure-eight formation, NBC said, citing two current senior U.S. officials and one former senior administration official.
The FBI continues to assess parts of the Chinese spy balloon recovered after it was shot down in February, Sabrina Singh, a Pentagon spokesperson, said Monday.
The Pentagon maintains that measures it took to prevent China from acquiring intelligence from sensitive military sites mitigated the balloon’s effectiveness, Singh said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/03/china-spy-balloon-gathered-information-military-sites-report/11594457002/