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That the u. s. would continue to, quote, fly and operate wherever international law allows? >> no, i think in a different way, john. i think what we are assessing, what european command, uconn is assessing, is how to better safely fly the zone, knowing that youre going to get these kinds of intercepts by the russians. when you look at the map again to, i, mean that drone was down closer to romanian and bulgarian territory than it was to russian territory. so, it confirms what secretary -- just s...

And that when they were attacked by those cartel gunmen. and frankly the people that ive been talking to inside law enforcement, thats exactly what they feared based on the video and you can see the people being dragged, lifeless bodies being dragged into that white pickup truck. what the governor of state of tamaulipas is saying is of the two alive, one is injured and so it really underscores the importance of the activities that are going on right now by the mexican authorities and by the fbi ...

I think that, you know, overall with this issue, i think all of us can agree that chinese, you know, intelligence collection, chinese espionage is a really significant threat. i think thats a bipartisan piece that will be out there. you know, in terms of whats happening now, theres lots of questions again, as peter noted, something were better able to collect on, its been happening for a while, or is it something new? you throw all this on top of the very real fact that we have to talk to the ch...

The Chinese spy balloon that was shot down had carried multiple devices to intercept sensitive communications, according to the State Department.

For them. >> clint, talk to us about the danger of politicizing national security at this moment. >> yeah. its rather unfortunate, because we just dont know a whole lot about what the military -- i think any commander-in-chief is gonna take that recommendation. with david is talking about -- an item three busloads in size, i, mean just think about that. that is a massive destructive power when its hitting the ground. separately, we dont know what kind of intelligence they mightve been trying to ...

Revolutionary? >> one of the words i heard earlier in the week was clumsy, it just felt clumsy. the brazen nature of things given the cost-benefit from the collection perspective and the u.s. to mitigate any real threat in terms of intelligence collection has really raised not just alarms but real questions inside the administration. you cant view this in a vacuum. secretary anthony blin en was supposed to go to china this weekend. to have that happen, obviously the cancellation of the summit. i...

Sensitive information and transmit it back to the chinese government? >> the u.s. has stated that steps were taken to prevent any problems in terms of intelligence collection. remember, we are talking about a country that has a space program. so i dont know all the ins and outs of what this balloon was doing or what its capabilities were. i do know when the president gave the order to have this handled, the military gauged the different risks and the different benefits of different approaches. m...

Pentagon involving u.s. intelligence agencies as well, and the white house? >> well, i think for sure, the discussion, one item of interest to me, which im sure is under discussion, is exactly what is the sensor suite on this balloon? i am kind of inclined to believe the chinese that this thing, this is errant, it wandered off course, i think they havent been entirely forthcoming with what is on it in the way of a sensor suite. the chinese, as others have pointed out, have a very capable overhea...

In, what, less than 20 hours, it seems pretty quick, juliet. >> yeah. it is. and we use these terms like "intelligence sharing" and "intelligence collection." and that can seem kind of loose. people are phone calling each other. the way its structured in l.a. is similar to other metropolitan areas. its called the joint regional intelligence system. we call them jris. theyre entities that cover vast geographic areas because with cars and mobility, people are not going to stay in a small town gene...

"washington post" ort "new york times" or listen to on your show. they will be classified. but they are likely to be briefed to the house and senate intelligence committees. those are the committees that oversee intelligence collection that are going to be very, very concerned with the potential damage to national security. they will be briefed to, those entitled to receive that briefing in the intelligence community who will be responsible, as you noted, for sort of taking countermeasures. and ...