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2023-02-14 04:35:34 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 56E9F371E2113E6ADD860A1C54D34784A8E13847EEFB53A8C36AA55739011778
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Various reports and Sen. Rubio, claim the US military had been tracking the balloon before it had entered US Airspace as early as Jan 28th. https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1623305568470409217?s=46&t=I_TH6LAWK62qEVyMHN0wWQ https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-spy-balloon-over-the-u-s-what-to-know-11675385792 There were balloons during the Trump Admin, but they were only discovered after the fact. This was blamed on an “awareness gap” https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/politics/chinese-spy-balloons-trump-administration/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/06/politics/pentagon-balloon-monday/index.html
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