‘A Lot of Unanswered Questions’: Senators React After Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon

Republicans are reacting with disapproval following a hearing which examined the Biden DoD’s response to a Chinese spy balloon that traversed the continental United States last week.
Pentagon officials testified before a Senate Appropriations Defense hearing on Feb. 9, where they defended the department’s decision not to engage with China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon for an entire week, saying that it presented no immediate military threat.
Senators then received a classified briefing from U.S. officials.
Some lawmakers were less than impressed with the Pentagon’s evidence for its claims that the balloon presented no threat, however, and are pressing the Biden administration for increased transparency….}