Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe refuted accounts from Pentagon officials that Chinese balloons entered U.S. airspace on at least three occasions under the Trump administration.
Ratcliffe, who served as former President Donald Trump's spy chief from 2020 to 2021, joined a few other former Trump administration officials claiming to have no awareness of such an incursion and described the recent balloon incident as"unprecedented.""I can refute it. It didn't happen," Ratcliffe said on Fox Business's Sunday Morning Futures, before adding that"the damage is incalculable.
"I can refute it. Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper refuted it yesterday. Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo has refuted it." — Trump War Room February 5, 2023 Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper both denied knowing about a similar instance of a Chinese balloon hovering through the United States. Senior Pentagon officials claimed that there were at least three occurrences under Trump and another one under Biden, the Associated Press reported. Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder also alluded to the previous instances his statement Thursday.
Sen. Marco Rubio , who is the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also called the recent Chinese balloon incursion"unprecedented," and noted that while there may have been minor breaches of U.S. airspace in the past, he was unaware of something so flagrant.
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