“There was no intention to keep this from Congress at any point,” a Biden administration official said, contending that the extended silence was necessary to “protect intel equities related to finding and tracking” the spycraft
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The Biden administration planned to keep the Chinese spy balloon that traveled across North America this year a secret from the public and even from Congress — and only came clean after civilians saw the massive white orb over Montana, according to a damning new report.
“Before it was spotted publicly, there was the intention to study it and let it pass over and not ever tell anyone about it,” a former senior US official told NBC News Friday, nearly 11 months after the balloon penetrated American airspace and began a meandering week-long tour of sensitive military sites. ---More...
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