Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, says he has “real concerns” about the Biden administration's transparency on the unidentified objects that have been shot down in recent days.
on Friday and Saturday, respectively, though he acknowledged that information may be scarce.
“The one thing I see troubling ... is massive speculation about alien invasions and additional Chinese or Russian action,” Himes said, adding that the “absence of information” will make people anxious. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that the U.S. believes the unidentified objects shot down over Alaskan and Canadian airspaces were balloons smaller than theSchumer said in an interview on ABC's"This Week" that he was briefed Saturday night by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hours after the unidentified object in Canadian airspace was downed.
Himes noted that people hadn’t heard about the Chinese spy balloon until it was spotted flying over Montana earlier this month. NBC News first broke the news that the U.S.“There may be reasons for it, in the absence of information, people will fill that gap with anxiety and other stuff,” Himes said. “So I wish the administration was a little quicker to tell us everything they do know.”
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