{"id":523,"date":"2023-02-11T01:40:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/?p=523"},"modified":"2023-02-11T01:40:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:40:42","slug":"pentagon-says-6-trump-era-spy-balloons-flew-over-u-s-undetected-intel-kept-it-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/pentagon-says-6-trump-era-spy-balloons-flew-over-u-s-undetected-intel-kept-it-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Says 6 Trump-era Spy Balloons Flew Over U.S. Undetected, Intel Kept it Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The spy balloon incident has become more intricate with the Pentagon&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">recent statement<\/a>&nbsp;that more Chinese spy balloons were spotted over U.S. territory during the Trump presidency, but no members of the leadership in the Trump administration or the U.S. intelligence department were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">informed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation seems to be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">rapidly evolving<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, General Keith Kellogg, who held the position of Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council during the Trump administration, claims he was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">not informed of any such developments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior U.S. general mentioned that the Pentagon was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pentagon-did-not-detect-previous-231818524.html\">unable to detect<\/a>&nbsp;earlier Chinese spy balloons while they were in flight and that officials have only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pentagon-did-not-detect-previous-231818524.html\">recently discovered<\/a>&nbsp;previous spy balloon incursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former President Donald Trump and his administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/pentagon-did-not-detect-previous-231818524.html\">vehemently denied<\/a>&nbsp;defense officials&#8217; claims that such balloons had flown over the U.S. on at least three occasions during his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Republicans&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">claim<\/a>&nbsp;that these statements are baseless attempts to undermine Trump&#8217;s presidential legacy and distract from Biden&#8217;s scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">acknowledged on Saturday<\/a>&nbsp;that a China-affiliated spy balloon was first detected in Alaska on January 28th, and it later traveled from Alaska to Canada, and eventually into the mainland United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the balloon entered Idaho and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">continued to traverse the country<\/a>&nbsp;for the following four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, after collecting all the data it needed, the balloon was ultimately&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">shot down<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, the media&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">attempted to discredit<\/a>&nbsp;allegations of espionage. They attempted to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">downplay the situation<\/a>&nbsp;by stating that spy balloons cross into U.S. territory frequently, even suggesting that this occurred&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">multiple times<\/a>&nbsp;during the previous administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, on Sunday, a news reporter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">debunked these claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">discussions<\/a>&nbsp;with several prominent figures including Michael Bolton, Ric Grenell, and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, it became evident that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">no one had knowledge<\/a>&nbsp;of these incidents, and if they did occur, there was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">lack of proper notification<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">narrative<\/a>&nbsp;has shifted. They now&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">claim<\/a>&nbsp;that the balloons were discovered by the intelligence community during the Trump administration, but they&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">failed to inform<\/a>&nbsp;their intelligence leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this story has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">discredited<\/a>&nbsp;by former directors of national intelligence, Ratcliffe and Grenell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that either the military and the intelligence community have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">lied<\/a>&nbsp;about previously detecting spy balloons or committed treason by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/02\/going-us-military-now-says-six-china-spy-balloons-spotted-trump-years-no-one-notified\/\">concealing information<\/a>&nbsp;from their superiors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spy balloon incident has become more intricate with the Pentagon&#8217;s&nbsp;recent statement&nbsp;that more Chinese spy balloons were spotted over U.S. territory during the Trump presidency, but no members of the leadership in the Trump administration or the U.S. intelligence department were&nbsp;informed. The situation seems to be&nbsp;rapidly evolving. 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