FBI and Homeland Security Officials Testify on U.S. National Security and China
Topics included the Chinese spy balloon incident, intellectual property theft, election interference, and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
2,991 viewsTopics included the Chinese spy balloon incident, intellectual property theft, election interference, and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
2,991 viewsFormer military and national intelligence officials testified before a House Homeland Security subcommittee on the increased threats posed to America by the Chinese government. They discussed efforts by China to collect intelligence in the U.S. including the spy balloon, purchasing land and businesses next to sensitive military sites, and using a fake police station in New York to target pro-democracy activists of Chinese descent. Other topics included modernizing the Air Force, building military resiliency, countering Chinese influence in Latin America, leveraging the U.S. commercial space program, intellectual property theft, and fentanyl. During the hearing, members stressed that they have no problem with the Chinese people but with the government itself--rebuking any actions at home or abroad of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian hate.
2,153 viewsDefense Department Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh briefed reporters at the Pentagon and responded to questions on several issues, including the response to the Chinese spy balloon program and other unidentified aerial objects.
549 viewsOther topics during this briefing included a U.S. raid on ISIS in Syria, recovery efforts for the Chinese spy balloon, and future military response to unidentified aerial objects in U.S. airspace.
9,573 viewsOther questions asked during the briefing pertained to: the latest FBI search at the University of Delaware for classified documents, Israeli settlement-expansion in the West Bank, federal assistance amid a toxic train-derailment in Ohio, the debt ceiling, and the shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon and other aerial objects.
1,648 viewsThis program looked at President Biden speaks about shootdowns of Chinese spy balloon and three other aerial objects, an interview with Columbus Dispatch's Haley BeMiller on EPA Admin.'
6 viewsThough reports later indicated the objects were probably benign, Press Secretary Jean-Pierre said the administration was following the Pentagon's recommendations amid a Chinese spy balloon that was also shot down over South Carolina waters on February 4.
1,697 viewsSenators spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill following a closed-door briefing on the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon and other high-altitude objects over the past week.
22,285 viewsState Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefed reporters and responded to questions on a range of international topics, including the Middle East, aid to Turkey and Syria following the recent earthquake, and the Chinese spy balloon program.
375 viewsThe fourth is a Chinese spy balloon.
4,682 viewsBrigadier General Ryder also addressed the recovery efforts of the Chinese spy balloon that was downed off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, as well as provided an update on rescue and disaster relief efforts for those impacted by the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier in the week.
8,608 viewsThis latest incident came nearly one week after a fighter jet took down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina.
2,962 viewsJoseph Guastella, former commander of the Air Forces Central Command (2018-20), discussed the Chinese spy balloon during a conversation hosted by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America. They addressed the takedown operation of the balloon, reasons why the balloon was not shot down sooner, and holding China accountable for their actions. They also touched on four previous spy balloon*s discovered in U.S. territorial airspace that were not known to intelligence.
629 viewsState Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefed reporters and responded to questions on topics including the Biden administration's response to the latest Chinese spy balloon incursion and its impact on relations with Beijing.
592 viewsSenator John Kennedy (R-LA) spoke to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon program following last week's incursion over the continental United States--the fifth in recent years under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
2,623 viewsSenator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) spoke to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon program following last week's incursion over the continental United States--the fifth in recent years under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
71 viewsSenators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon program following last week's incursion over the continental United States--the fifth in recent years under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
176 viewsSenator Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Christopher Murphy (D-CT) spoke to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon program following last week's incursion over the continental United States--the fifth in recent years under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
54 viewsSenator Steve Daines (R-MT) spoke to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon program following last week's incursion over the continental United States--the fifth in recent years under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
78 viewsSenator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke to reporters following a closed-door briefing on the Chinese spy balloon program following last week's incursion over the continental United States--the fifth in recent years under both the Trump and Biden administrations.
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