came under renewed fire Monday for its decision to allow a suspected Chinese spy balloon to travel across the entire continental U.S. in the face of reporting that the craft gathered sensitive intelligence from American military sites and sent that information instantly to Communist Party leaders inThe balloon was able to pick up signals intelligence such as communications from several U.S. military installations as it flew across the American homeland in late January and early February.
The balloon entered American airspace over Alaska in late January, crossed into Canada and reentered American airspace before drifting across the country. Military fighter jets shot down the balloon off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.
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