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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 can't 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. if you look through what was happening behind the scenes, on wednesday night, the chinese embassy of...

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 don't 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. made the decisions they did, brought this down without incident. >> the chinese were able to gather ...

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 i'm 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 haven't 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 overhead reconnaissance satellite system that can give all of the intelligence they need, and having had ...

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 it's structured in l.a. is similar to other metropolitan areas. it's called the joint regional intelligence system. we call them jris. they're entities that cover vast geographic areas because with cars and mobility, people are not going to stay in a small town generally. and it distributes information and shares it. so -- and this jris is huge. los angeles cou...

"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 that would include people within the justice department. now, the classification review would also b...