i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. air space. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a high altitude object hovering ten m miles off the coast of alaska. last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. j joining me now to discuss is retired air force lieutenant general, he was the first chief of intelligence, surveillance and he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principle attack planner by operation desert storm commander of no-fly operations over iraq in the 90s. these days he s the dean of the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. general, thank you for coming back to the program. so what is norad s responsibility and the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, michael, it s good to see you again 37 it s been quite a week for the commander of north american air defen
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. for the second time in less than a week, u.s. fighter jets have shot down an object in u.s. airspace. on friday president biden gave the order to shoot down a, quote, high altitude object hovering ten miles off the coast of alaska. of course, last saturday fighter jets shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon in the atlantic ocean after flying across the entire country. joining me to discuss the retired air force lieutenant general, the air force s first chief of intelligence, surveillance and reconnoissance. he s a fighter pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours. he was the principal attack planner for the operation desert storm air campaign, commander of no fly operations over iraq and served on two congressional commissions focused on america s future defense strategy. these days he s the dean of aerospace studies. so what is norad s responsibility and what s the framework through which it determines a course of action? well, mich
a half years ago, to victoria university, and to predictit, to enable small dollar wagers on future political events. it s specifically permitted. the question is, why is the government trying to take away that permission at this time? we ve got 80,000 traders in all the markets. and as you say, there are specific limits. these are install dollar forecasts. and it is a collection of educators and traders and others who are suing the government to prevent the revocation of that permission. is the concern that this could corrupt the process if it were more widespread? well, we don t know the reason, because the cftc has never specified a reason for revocation, and that is illegal.
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