Biden Spy Chief Responds To Balloon Controversy: ‘We’re Going To See More Of This’

The Biden administration‘s spy chief raised expectations on Friday for a future in which “high-altitude vehicles” It will be commonplace.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines spoke briefly during a Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs appearance about the Chinese spy balloon controversy. Haines, who is responsible for the U.S. intelligence agency, made a comment about how “crazy” This is how the situation has been over the past few weeks.

“It’s so crazy. It’s really like an episode of ‘Veep,’ you know, on some level,” She referred to HBO’s political satire series that starred Julia Louise-Dreyfus, she laughed.

Nearly two weeks ago, the U.S. sent down a Chinese surveillance satellite off the coast South Carolina. Beijing claimed that the balloon was essentially civilian weather balloon, which it mainly blew off course. The U.S. has been accused of Overreacting It was only shot down after it flew over a large area of the United States.

Haines discussed how countries react when they are caught spying.

“When a country is caught spying in a clear and obvious way, right? Like another country responds to it, and I think that’s appropriate,” She spoke. “I think that it’s perfectly reasonable to have a clear and forceful reaction to a Chinese high altitude balloon — you know — flying over the United States and surveilling us.”

Haines gave a glimpse at the future challenges of flying cars. This was similar to what you might see on an episode of “The Jetsons.”

“I think there is a question of — as technology improves as we start to see more high-altitude vehicles, in effect, that we’re going to see more of this,” Haines said. “And we’re going to have to understand that and manage it.”

President Joe Biden will be speaking on Thursday He delivered his first public remarks About the Chinese balloon as well as the other three Unidentified flying objects In the days that followed, the U.S. military took down North America’s aircraft carrier. He stated that the U.S. intelligence communiion’s Current assessment Was that the three objects “were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific research.”

Look at the United States. “enhancing our radar to pick up more slow-moving objects above our country and around the world,” Biden stated that he has given his team the task of developing “sharper rules” How the United States will handle this “unidentified objects moving forward, distinguishing — distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risks that necessitate action and those that do not.”

Haines said that she believes Biden is following a method that includes keeping partners in the loop. “a pretty classic and appropriate way to handle” The situation.

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