• House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said Sunday on CBS that the Chinese were surveiling nuclear sites with the spy balloon.
• “When I saw the sites that it was flying over, it was very clear to me this was an intentional act,” he said. “It was done with provocation to gather intelligence data, and collect intelligence on our three major nuclear sites in this country. Why? Because they’re looking at  what is our capability in the event of a possible future conflict in Taiwan.”
• The U.S. has sanctioned six entities “for supporting [China’s] military modernization efforts,” the Commerce Department announced Friday, “specifically those related to aerospace programs, including airships and balloons and related materials and components, that are used by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for intelligence and reconnaissance.”

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