I wrung my hands this week over the ruckus raised as a Chinese “spy balloon” drifted across the US until it was shot down.
Western media has decried Chinese surveillance and condemned the infringement of US sovereignty. US politicians are baying for blood, with Republicans pressing the White House for answers to why a spy balloon was allowed into the country’s airspace and whether national security had been compromised.
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