Chinese spy balloon: Senators grill Pentagon officials over U.S. response

As an Alaskan, I am so angry, said Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski. Alaska is the first line of defense for America… It s like this administration doesn t think that Alaska is any part of the rest of the country! she shouted.

The witnesses defended the Pentagon s decision to let the high-altitude balloon float across the United States, arguing that the balloon s primary value to the U.S. military lay in what could be learned from its flight course and its debris.

A key part of the calculus for this operation was the ability to salvage, understand and exploit the capabilities of the high altitude balloon, said Assistant Secretary of Defense Melissa Dalton.

via www.cnbc.com

Sen. Murkowski does look angry. Some news source allowed that the Big Spy Balloon from China (BSBC) did in fact enter the continental US via northern Idaho. But I feel sure it must have been at night or over a particularly remote area, or it would have been shot down by patriots with their .50 caliber rifles.