- FT reports German government is deeply divided over whether to create an NSC. - NYT says Erdogan gave amnesty…
- Politico says administration is preparing defense budget bigger than this year. - WSJ reports Moldova government collapse. - WSJ…
-WaPo says State Dept has program to publicize Chinese surveillance activities in over 40 countries.- -WaPo also says Ukrainians say…
- Sy Hersh says the US secretly destroyed the NordStream 2 pipeline. He says that public comments by Jake Sullivan…
-WaPo reports on China's vast surveillance programs- -China's balloon program was reported last year. -WSJ reports China now has more…
- AP on the spy balloon. - WSJ on prior flights. - Politico on the politics of the issue. -…
Alma Baxhaku of Kosovo's Gazeta Express asked questions. I replied: Q: PM Kurti presented six conditions for establishing the Association…
- NYT has a ticktock on US decisions to shoot down the spy balloon. - NYT also reveals the campaign…
So net, US gains, so long as it is able to contain the domestic criticism and proceed in due course…
https://twitter.com/i/status/1621918500611842053 - SO there was a spy balloon over Montana. - NYT notes China has lots of surveillance capacity. -…