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It's also important to note here that we still do not know whether this item or device actually has any kind of intelligence value. it was unmanned, so it didn't pose any kind of risk to any human being inside the object to shoot is down, but also it didn't pose any threats to -- appear to pose any threat to anyone on the ground, and it was traveling at an altitude that could have posed a threat to civilian aircraft. there was not as much of a choice here in what they were going to do as they had with the balloon which was traveling at around 65,000 feet and did not appear to pose a real threa...

Administration officials tell nbc news, u2 spy planes were circling the balloons taking pictures about the chinese capability. >> there's immense intelligence value in watching an asset like this actually behave, its maneuverability, its emission characteristics. >> reporter: but the white house is facing questions on capitol hill. >> members of congress on both sides of the aisle have some serious questions about how long they knew about this, why they didn't shoot it down sooner, what information, if any, was able to be collected. >> china still denying it was a spy mission. >> this is a maj...

Is they really want to know everything the balloon was trying to detect. naturally, we always go to visual imagery, just like david said, things like satellites, though, cover most of the ground very well. but the question really will come down to, you either either census? other types of payload that might be loaded in the balloon, which we would calm and signature intelligence? or, maybe they're trying to use some sort of sensing technology that were not familiar with. getting that technology and understanding it can be a real game-changer in terms of intelligence value down the road, when w...

Of the surveillance. we don't know whether it was data linked with satellites and other things that we just don't have the capability to jam. so it was very clear it was an isr threat, and in my opinion, we should have taken action before rather than let it loiter over our mainland and sensitive military sites for three or four days. >> a u.s. general says publicly that the delay in shooting down the balloon will be, and i'm quoting now, well worth its value in intelligence collected against china. is there an advantage to that? >> well, i don't think that his point is without merit. there per...

Chinese officials knew about this and when, in terms of if president xi knew this balloon was going to be going over the u.s. while blinken was planning for this trip or if the ministry with foreign affairs knew as they were talking to the state department about the trip. national security adviser jake sullivan said the u.s. is assessing that, and trying to figure out what they knew when. >> kiley, thank you very much. at the state department for us, let's take a closer look at the intelligence value, officials hope to glean from this balloon. our chief national security correspondent jim sciu...