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WASHINGTON -- A Chinese citizen who recently quit his job as a software engineer for Google in California has been charged with trying to transfer artificial intelligence technology to a Beijing-based company that paid him secretly, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday.

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Stealing AI Secrets for Chinese Firm

Ex-Google Engineer Charged With Stealing A.I. Secrets for Chinese Firm

(CNN) -- US intelligence agencies found that the Chinese surveillance balloon that transited the United States in early 2023 used an American internet service provider to send short, periodic transmissions of data related to navigation and location back to China, according to a US official.

Chinese spy balloon used US internet provider to communicate its location

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President Biden will deliver remarks on the U.S. response to recent aerial objects in the nation's airspace.

With established parameters for determining how to deal with unidentified aerial objects in U. S. Airspace. At third recommendation, I gave the order to take down these three objects due to hazards to civilian commercial air traffic and because we could not rule out the surveillance risk of sensitive facilities. We acted in consultation with the Canadian government. I spoke personally with Prime Minister Trudeau and can from Canada on saturday. And just as critically, we acted out of an abundance of caution and an opportunity that allowed us to take down these these objects safely. Our military and the Canadian military are seeking to recover the debris so we can learn more about these three objects. Our intelligence community is still assessing all three incidences. They're reporting to me daily and will continue their urgent efforts to do so. And I will communicate that to the Congress. We don't yet know exactly what these three objects were, but nothing nothing right now suggests they were related to China's spy balloon program or that there were surveillance vehicles from other any other country. The intelligence community's current assessment is that these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies, recreation, or research institutions studying whether or conducting other scientific research. When I came into office, I instructed our intelligence community to take a broad look at the phenomenon of unidentified aerial objects. We know that a range of entities, including countries, companies and research organizations operate objects at altitudes for purposes that are not nefarious, including legitimate scientific research. I want to be clear, we don't have any evidence that there has been a sudden increase in the number of objects in the sky. We're now just seeing more of them, partially because the steps we've taken to increase our radars to narrow our radars. And we have to keep adapting our approach to delay to dealing with these challenges. That's why I've directed my team to come back to me with sharper rules for how we will deal with these unidentified objects moving forward, distinguishing, distinguishing between those that are likely to pose safety and security risk that necessitate action and those that do not. But make no mistake if any object presents a threat to the safety security of american people, I will take it down. I'll be sharing with Congress these classified policy parameters when they are completed and they remain classified. So we don't give our roadmap to our enemies to try to evade our defenses going forward. These parameters will guide what actions will take while responding to unmanned and unidentified aerial objects were going to keep adapting them as the challenges evolve. If it evolves. In addition, we drive directed my national security advisor to lead a government wide effort to make sure we are positioned to deal safely and effectively with the objects in our airspace. First, we will establish a better inventory of unmanned airborne objects in space above the United States airspace and make sure that inventory is accessible and up to date. Second, we'll implement further measures to improve our capacity to detect unmanned objective objects in our airspace. Third will update the rules and regulations for launching and maintaining unmanned objects in the skies above the United States of America and forth. My Secretary of State will lead an effort to help establish a global, global, common, global norms in this largely unregulated space. These steps will lead to safer and more secure skies for our air travelers, our military, our scientists and for people on the ground as well. That's my job as your president Commander in chief. As the events of the previous days have shown will always act to protect the interest of the american people and the security of the american people. Since I came to office, we have developed the ability to identify, track and study high altitude surveillance balloons connected with the chinese military. When one of these high altitude surveillance balloons entered our airspace over the continental United States earlier in the month, I gave the order to shoot it down as soon as it would be safe to do so, the military advised against shooting it down over land because of the sheer size of it. It was the size of multiple school busses and opposed the risk to people on the ground if it was shot down where people lived. Instead, we tracked it closely. We analyze its capabilities and we learn more about how it operates because we knew its path. We were able to protect sensitive sites against collection. We waited until it was safely over water, which would not only protect civilians but also enable us to recover substantial components for further analysts for further analytics and then we shot it down sending a clear message, clear message. The violation of our sovereignty is unacceptable. Will act to protect our country and we did now this past friday. We put restrictions on six firms that directly support the People's Republic Liberation Army People's People's Liberation Army aerospace program that includes airships and balloons denying them access to us technology. We briefed our diplomatic partners and our allies around the world and we know about china's program and where their balloons have flown. Some of them have also raised their concerns directly with china. Our exports have lifted components of the chinese balloon's payload off the ocean floor. We're analyzing them as I speak and what we learn will strengthen our capabilities Now we'll also continue to engage with china as we have throughout the past two weeks. As I've said since the beginning of my administration, we seek competition. Not conflict with china. We're not looking for a new Cold War but I make no apologize. I make no apologies and we will compete and well we will responsibly manage that competition so that doesn't veer into conflict this episode underscores the importance of maintaining open lines of communication between our diplomats and our military professionals. Our diplomats will be engaging further and I will remain in communication with President Xi. I'm grateful for the work of the last several weeks of our intelligence, diplomatic and military professionals who have proved once again to be the most capable in the world. And I want to thank you all. Now look, the other thing I want to point out is that we are going to keep our allies and the Congress contemporaneously informed all we know and all we learn and I expect to be speaking with President XI and I hope we have we're going to get to the bottom list but I make no apologies for taking down that balloon. Thank you very much. There's been criticism, there has been criticism that there has been criticism that Mr President Mr President. There has been criticism MR President. There has been criticism that this was an overreaction that was done because of political pressure. You question when you have more polite people. Mr President, why have you chosen Poland for your trip to mark the anniversary of the war? And what's your message? That's incredible. Wait, when he starts to engage with one reporter like let him engagement and then move on and not shout over each other all the time that production. He was really ready. Ready

President Biden discusses US response to shooting down UFOs

President Biden speaks about downing objects flying over US

The search continues for the Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. military off the South Carolina Coast. The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard are canvassing a 10-mile debris field in shallow waters with the FBI on hand to start analyzing the wreckage.

OCTOBER AND HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID HAVE BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON SHOT DOWN BY THE U.S. MILITARY OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. >> THE U.S. NAVY AND COAST GUARD ARE CANVASSING A 10 MILE DEBRIS FIELD IN SHALLOW WATERS WITH THE FBI ON HAND TO START ANALYZING THE WRECKAGE. ALICE BARR REPORTS GOP CRITICISM IS INTENSIFYING AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TIME IN SHOOTING IT DOWN. >> NAVY DIVE TEAMS SEARCHING FOR DEBRIS OFF THE CAROLINA COAST AS THE POLITICAL FALLOUT KEEPS GROWING FROM THAT SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON. THE U.S. SHOT DOWN OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN THIS WEEKEND CHINESE OFFICIALS TODAY CALLING THE U.S. RESPONSE AND AN ACCEPTABLE IN IRRESPONSIBLE ACTION TO WHAT THEY'VE INSISTED WAS A CIVILIAN WEATHER BALLOON. THAT DRIFTED OFF COURSE. THE U.S. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IN FAT DUCK THAT IT WAS FOR SURVEILLANCE AND THAT CHINA COULD MANEUVER IT. MILITARY TEAMS NOW WORKING TO RECOVER AND ANALYZE THE WRECKAGE AND SO THAT WE CAN THEN EXPLOIT. >> WHAT WE RECOVER AND LEARN EVEN MORE THAN WE HAVE LEARNED. 2 SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS U 2 SPY PLANE CIRCLED THE BALLOON AS IT FLEW ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CAPTURING IMAGES AND DATA. >> AND U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THEY MITIGATED THE BALLOON SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES WITHOUT OFFERING SPECIFICS. STILL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS SLAMMING PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR NOT ORDERING IT SHOT DOWN SOONER. THE PRESIDENT TAKING DOWN OVER THE ATLANTIC IS SORT OF LIKE THE QUARTERBACK. IT'S REALLY TACKLING THE QUARTERBACK AFTER THE GAME IS OVER. THE PRESIDENT REVEALING OVER THE WEEKEND ORDERED THE PENTAGON TO SHOOT IT DOWN >> I WANT TO SEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND DECIDED THAT THE BEST TIME TO DO THAT WHEN WE GOT OVER WATER, A SENIOR U.S. GENERAL TODAY TELLING REPORTERS THE BALLOON WAS 200 FEET TALL WITH A PAYLOAD WEIGHING MORE THAN A COUPLE 1000 POUNDS. 3 BUSES WORTH OF METAL BE FALLING DOWN, POTENTIALLY HOSPITALS POTENTIALLY ON KINDERGARTENS. >> IS THAT RISK WORTH TAKING A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL NOW REVEALING OTHER CHINESE SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS HAVE FLOWN OVER THE U.S. DURING BOTH THE BIDEN AND TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONS. IN WASHINGTON,

US search for wreckage of China spy balloon

Multiple videos from people on the Carolina coastline who witnessed fighter jets shoot down the suspected surveillance balloon pop up. WRAL News has reactions from one traveler who came through the Wilmington International Airport about the balloon, as well as a few senators from the State.

North Carolinians, travelers react to the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast

Chinese balloon shot down off Carolina Coast

Bruce Jentleson, Duke professor of public policy and political science, says foreign tensions are too high for the U.S. to risk shooting a Chinese balloon out of the sky.

<p>THE CLEAN THOSE STORIES AND MORE AT 5. ALL RIGHT, GENERAL, THANK YOU. ARE RIGHT NOW THE WRAL LIVE CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR THOM TILLIS. &gt;&gt; HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS THAT CHINESE SPY BALLOON SET TO BE OVER NORTH CAROLINA AT SOME POINT TOMORROW, THE TRAJECTORY BRING IT OVER FOR BRAGGING CAMP LEJEUNE IN BLUE HERE. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S DECISION NOT TO DESTROY IT EVEN AS IT PASSED THROUGH SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS IS PUZZLING. TILLIS SAYS AND WE DESERVE ANSWERS. LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK RIGHT NOW WHERE THAT BALLOON SLOWLY IS MOVING. THIS IS THE LOCATION IS RIGHT NOW OVER MISSOURI. AND YOU TALK ABOUT LOOKING LIKE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AND WHERE IT'S GOING NEXT. IT WILL BE RIGHT OVER NORTH CAROLINA IN SOME DIRECTION, NORTH OR SOUTH. BUT RIGHT OVER OUR STATE, ACCORDING TO MIKE MAZE IN THE WEATHER, FOLKS WITH THOSE WEATHER PATTERNS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HAPPEN AT SOME POINT TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MARK. AND THIS IS THE BLOOM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS WHEN IT WAS SPOTTED OVER MONTANA AND THE PENTAGON IS REJECTING CHINA'S EARLIER CLAIM. THE BALLOON IS A, QUOTE, CIVILIAN AIRSHIP NOT JOINING US LIVE TO EXPLAIN THIS IS BRUCE JENTLESON. HE'S A DU PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. PROFESSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. SO THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN BRIEFED. THE PENTAGON IS MONITORING AND CANADA IS AWARE. WHY IS THIS BALLOON GETTING SO MUCH ATTENTION FROM INTERNATIONAL LEADERS? &gt;&gt; NO, I THINK IT'S MORE BECAUSE IT'S SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE AND A BIT OF A POLITICAL FOOTBALL. BUT ANY REAL STRATEGIC THREAT. ART SATELLITES OVER FLIGHT CHINA ALL THE TIME AND THERE'S OVER FLY ICE RUSSIAN THE SAME WAY AND THE CAPACITY THIS BALLOON TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE THAT THE SATELLITES CAN. IT'S MUCH LESS CAPABLE IN THAT SENSE. BUT WE ALSO ARE SEEING THESE IN MOVIES AND SPY NOVEL. SO, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY GRAB THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION BUT IT'S NOT THAT MUCH IS REALLY NOT A THREAT. I DON'T THINK PROFESSOR DO WANT TO BRING THAT THE CLIP THAT WE MARK HAMILL LIFE CENTER THERE SO THAT PEOPLE AT HOME CAN SEE THIS. BUT I WAS TALKING WITH OUR TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE WAY THIS IS TRAVELING AGAIN, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVER NORTH CAROLINA ABOUT TOMORROW. ISH. &gt;&gt; SO IS THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT SHOULD BE HAD AT THE STATE LEVEL, IF NOT ALREADY. &gt;&gt; WELL, I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH A FOREIGN POLICY DECISION. AND I THINK THAT GOVERNOR COOPER WILL PROBABLY FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE GENERALS, THE GENERAL MILLEY, THE HEAD OF THE CHAIR OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT SHOOTING IT DOWN WOULD BE A MISTAKE THAT THE DEBRIS COULD FOLLOW FOLLOWER 20 BY 20 MILE AREA. AND IT ALSO WOULD ESCALATE SOMETHING THAT APPEARS TO BE INADVERTENT AND UNINTENTIONAL. AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A COUNTRY, THE REAL PROBLEMS WITH IT, YOU WANT TO START GOING UP THE LADDER OF ESCALATION, WHICH YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. &gt;&gt; OF COURSE, WHERE THERE'S ALREADY TENSIONS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES AND AS YOU ALREADY KIND OF TOUCHED ON, YOU KNOW, SHOOTING IT DOWN. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, DEBRIS MIGHT COME DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY HER PEOPLE IN THE GROUND. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO DIVE INTO BECAUSE THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IS DESCRIBING AS A SIZABLE AND I DID SEE THAT SOURCES WERE TELLING ANOTHER NEWS OUTLET THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THIS BALLOON IS THE SIZE OF 3 BUSES. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT AN ACTUAL WEATHER BALLOON, AS CHINA IS CALLING THIS, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T QUITE MATCH UP THERE. AND SO SHOULD WE REALLY TRUST WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? &gt;&gt; I THINK WE HAVE TO TRUST THAT WE CAN DIAGNOSE A PRETTY WELL. WHAT ARE THEIR OWN CAPABILITIES ITS UNMANNED? WHATEVER INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IS A GOES OVER THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE AREAS YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT. AND THE KEY THING HERE, WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION LIKE IS TO IS TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SECURITY. BUT YOU ALSO DON'T NECESSARILY STARTED BACK AND FORTH WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY RISK IT'S BECOMING MORE THAN JUST AN INCIDENT AND ESCALATE INTO A MILITARY CONFLICT OR OTHER VERY DANGEROUS SCENARIOS. &gt;&gt; OF COURSE, BECAUSE THAT COULD ESCALATE THINGS. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY COMES OF THIS, A BALLOON THAT'S FLOATING OVER THE UNITED STATES. PROFESSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.</p>

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A couple in Hawaii is accused of spying for the Russians and stealing the identities of babies who died in Texas. 

walter. Glenn Primrose A. K. A bobby Edward forts and Gwendal Morrison A. K. A julie Lynn Montek are accused of being Russian spies. They're charged with identity theft, lying on their passport applications and conspiracy to commit crimes against the U. S. I think at this point what we're looking at in the charging documents is preliminary charges to get these people off the streets and begin negotiating with them and seeing what they know and what is their willingness to cooperate with the U. S. Government if they are not willing to play ball. Stay tuned for some very serious charges coming their way. Pictures of the two apparently in KGB uniforms were recovered by federal agents with the State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security Service who also discovered the couple had stolen the identities of Children who died in texas in the 19 eighties. They then applied for Social Security cards and other documents in those names and lived the lies for decades. Primrose fraudulently enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1994. According to the court records, they do drug interdiction of course, coastline protection And they work hand in hand with the armed forces from rose had a security clearance working as an avionics electrical technician. He served 22 years before retiring enough information disclosed publicly can enable the enemy to put pieces together and that can tell us a lot of tell the enemy a lot of things about us. Troop movements. What are general design is what our strategy is reading the criminal complaint in the Associated documents. It's absolutely staggering to me. The amount of time and effort that the Russians put into this particular project. This is not something which was a quick hit to steal some records and get back. This was decades in the making. Primeau's was working as a Department of Defense contractor until his arrest friday when agents moved in on their couple a home, neighbors say the couple lived here for many years and that they were friendly. The neighbors were shocked to see federal agents going in last week. There was a lot of FBI members around the house around the house and coming into their house, breaking everything. I was shocked. I did not expect that. Considering that they looked like pretty nice people. The government is asking that the couple be held without bond calling them a flight risk. A judge will decide on that request on thursday.

US couple accused of spying for Russia, stealing identities of dead babies 

Walter Glenn Primrose and Gywnn Darle Morrison

A former Duke University of Singapore employee is facing jail time after he pleaded guilty for acting as a Russian agent within the United States without notifying the Attorney General. 

 Duke-NUS researcher facing charges for being a Russian spy

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A Duke University employee who worked in Singapore is facing jail time after he pleaded guilty for acting as a Russian agent within the United States without notifying the Attorney General. 

Duke researcher in Singapore facing jail time for acting as Russian agent 

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A French court ruled that the retailer was guilty of spying on its staff through the improper gathering and storage of employee data.

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Danish state broadcaster "d-r" said the National Security Agency (NSA) partnered with Denmark's foreign intelligence service to gather intelligence. A report finds the NSA got Danish help to spy on senior officials in Sweden, Norway, France and Germany.

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Germany looking into reports that U.S. spied on European allies

Germany looking into allegation of U.S. spying

MOSCOW — A court in Moscow on Monday sentenced an American who claims he was framed by Russian agents to 16 years in a high-security prison for espionage, delivering another blow to President Donald Trump’s already faltering efforts to “get along with Russia.”