Several Republican senators are urging the Department of Defense’s Inspector General to investigate their claims that a DOD official leaked classified information to shield President Joe Biden from criticism for his response to the Chinese high-altitude balloon that flew over the United States in early February.
The Biden administration ordered the suspected spy balloon shot down after it had flown east over the U.S. and crossed out over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Several Republican politicians criticized the Biden administration for not shooting the balloon down earlier. Amid this Republican criticism, an unnamed defense official told news outlets that Chinese balloons had entered U.S. airspace at least three times during the Trump administration without garnering the same  public attention….