Sullivan did not explain what specifically allowed the U.S. to detect and track the latest balloon where the previous administration might not have.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that after Biden took office, the U.S. “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our capacity to be able to detect things that the Trump administration was unable to detect.”
Biden administration officials have planned a classified briefing for all senators on Thursday to discuss the spy balloon situation, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office. Officials have said, without elaborating, that China has flown similar balloons over parts of five continents in recent years.
Sullivan said the U.S. was"still piecing through” which Chinese officials knew what about the balloon and would not speak publicly yet about U.S. assessments about China's intentions flying it over the U.S.
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