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What our response to the Chinese balloon saga shows about the changing landscape of surveillance
Jim Walsh | WBUR: Here and Now
The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down

China is now saying that a suspected spy balloon spotted over Montana is actually a civilian weather balloon that strayed off course. The Pentagon said Thursday that it was tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon. This back and forth comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had planned to visit Beijing this weekend for the first time. He canceled his trip Friday, 

SSP's Jim Walsh joins Here and Now host Peter O'Dowd