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<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">It is said that a U.S. internet service provider was utilized by a Chinese surveillance balloon to communicate during its week-long flight across the country in February.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">According to NBC News, U.S. intelligence authorities concluded that the balloon's primary purpose for sending and receiving signals to China was navigation. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The balloon was linked to an American company. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The news source quoted two U.S. officials who are acquainted with the intelligence assessment, as well as one former official.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The White House intended to keep the balloon's information gathering under wraps, but the Biden administration applied for a warrant from the extremely secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, according to NBC.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify"><img alt="Chinese spy balloon used US internet provider to communicate" src="http://gospeedcheck.com/filemanager/data-images/imgs/20240109/the-use-of-a-chinese-spy-balloon-us-internet-service-provider.jpg" style="display:block; height:400px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:640px"></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center"><em>Chinese spy balloon used US internet provider to communicate</em></p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">NBC, which withheld the identity of the company, reported that the internet service provider disputed that the balloon utilized its network.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Following reports that it was seen flying above Montana in February, information about the balloon started to surface.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The Pentagon declared at the time that there was no risk to air travel or ground personnel.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">Before shooting the balloon down over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina, the military kept an eye on it as it traveled across the nation.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The Pentagon made public a picture of a U-2 pilot passing over the balloon a few weeks after it was shot down. </p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">The image gave a close-up view of the balloon and its cargo, which seemed to consist of antennas and solar panels.</p>

<p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify">China said it was an errant weather balloon and denied it was used for surveillance.</p>

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