Biden administration officials on Wednesday evening briefed top officials from the Trump administration on China’s high-altitude surveillance program, according to a person familiar with the briefing.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe and formeradviser Robert O’Brien were briefed for just over an hour by top U.S. intelligence officials at the headquarters of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, this person said.
A spokesperson for the national intelligence director’s office confirmed that Pompeo, Ratcliffe and O’Brien were jointly briefed Wednesday evening. Bolton was sharply critical of the administration’s handling of the Chinese surveillance balloon and the three other objects that were shot down. The person familiar with the briefing for Pompeo, Ratcliffe and O’Brien, however, described it as “gracious” of the Biden administration to provide them with the briefing.The person familiar with the evening briefing said the Biden officials confirmed that the Chinese spy balloon that lingered over the U.S.
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