Senior U.S. government officials aren’t ruling out a disturbing possibility regarding the Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina.
Two Republican senators told reporters that officials from three different agencies declined to rule out the possibility that the aircraft was manufactured with the help of American companies, according to Fox News.
Sens. Josh Hawley and Dan Sullivan say they asked officials about the prospect in a Thursday classified briefing — only for the briefing staff not to provide a “definitive answer.”

The two senators spoke to reporters after the classified briefing and acknowledged some disturbing possibilities.
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