>> Dana: THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US THIS MORNING.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> Bill: THESE BIPARTISAN CALLS
FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO FINALLY
SAY SOMETHING AND GIVE AMERICANS
ANSWERS ON THESE AERIAL OBJECTS.
>> I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT
WHY THE ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
BEING MORE FORTHCOMING WITH EVERYTHING IT KNOWS.
EVERYTHING IT KNOWS.
>> THE BIDEN ADD MIN IS SITS TO
PROVERB US.
>> THE MILITARY PLAN NEEDS TO
DETERMINE THE DANGERS THAT GO
WITH IT AND WHAT’S OUT THERE.
>> I BELIEVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ARE OWED AN EXPLANATION.
IF THEY ARE SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR
US TO SEND OUT FIGHTER JETS TO
SHOOT DOWN IT IS OKAY FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO KNOW WHO IS
BEHIND THIS.
>> Bill: JOHN RATCLIFFE FORMER
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS PREVIOUSLY IN THE
ADMINISTRATION WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
WHAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY WE KNOW
SO LITTLE?
WHY THEY ARE TELLING US SO
LITTLE SO FAR?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT
THIS IN THE BIG PICTURE, BILL.
I THINK THEY ARE STILL ANALYZING
WHAT WE’LL CALL OBJECTS NUMBERS
2, 3 AND 4.
BUT WHAT WE’RE GETTING IS A
CLEAR PICTURE THAT ONE OF THESE
IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER.
SO IT GOES BACK TO THIS MAY BE A
SIMPLE OVERREACTION TO AN
UNDERREACTION.
SO WE KNOW THE FIRST OBJECT WAS
A SPY BALLOON.
IT WAS 200 FEET HIGH, HAD A
PAYLOAD BAY AND SURVEILLANCE
BAY.
WE’VE BEEN TOLD THE NUMBERS 2, 3
AND 4 HAVE NONE OF THOSE THINGS
AND ARE MAYBE AS LITTLE AS 1/10
THE SIZE, NOT MANEUVERABLE,
DRIFTING WITH THE WIND.
BILL, THE OTHER THING IS THE
EXCUSES WE WERE TOLD WHY NUMBER
ONE, THE CHINESE SPY BALLOON
COULDN’T BE SHOT DOWN HAVE
DRIFTED AWAY WITH 2, 3 AND 4.
WE CAN’T SHOOT IT DOWN OVER
ALASKA.
THE SECOND OBJECT WAS.
COULDN’T BE SHOT DOWN OVER LAND
OR CONTINENTAL U.S. AND THAT
WENT AWAY WITH NUMBERS 3 AND 4.
IT GOES BACK TO ONE OF THESE IS
NOT LIKE THE OTHER.
THE FIRST ONE WAS BADLY
MISMANAGED.
I THINK SOME OF THIS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS SCRAMBLING AND
DON’T HAVE AN EXPLANATION OR
AREN’T GIVING EXPLANATIONS FOR
WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH
DIFFERENT OBJECTS NUMBERS 2, 3
AND 4.
>> Bill: SO WHAT I HEAR FROM
THAT ANSWER IS THEY DON’T KNOW
YET AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
MICHAEL MCCAUL HAS A DIFFERENT
EXPLANATION.
HERE HE IS FROM SUNDAY.
>> THESE SPY BALLOONS HAVE GREAT
CAPABILITY TO GATHER AND COLLECT
INTELLIGENCE.
THE IMAGERY THEY CAN CAPTURE AND OTHER INTELLIGENCE DATA I CAN’T
OTHER INTELLIGENCE DATA I CAN’T
BE SPECIFIC ABOUT CAN CAPTURED
AND TRANSMITTED.
THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THESE
BALLOONS.
IT WAS AN ACT OF ESPIONAGE IN
PLAIN VIEW OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> Bill: THAT LAST POINT THIS IS
ESPIONAGE IN PLAIN SIGHT.
IS THAT A CASE?
>> HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THE FIRST
INSTANCE.
A DEDICATED FLIGHT PATH OVER OUR
MOST TENSETIVE MILITARY AND
NUCLEAR SITES AND CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE.
P RESPECT TO THE CHINESE SPY
BALLOON.
NOR ADD COMMANDER SAYS 2, 3 AND
4 THEY AREN’T CHARACTERIZING
THEM AS BALLOONS OR CHINESE OR
SPY BALLOONS.
THEY SAY THEY ARE DRIFTING
SLOWLY.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
CHARACTERISTICS.
WE SIMPLY DON’T KNOW.
THE POINT IS THIS.
PEOPLE ARE FILLING IN THE BLANKS
AND SPECULATING BECAUSE THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS NOT
ADDRESSING THIS OR BEING
TRANSPARENT OR GIVING GOOD
EXPLANATIONS FOR WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE.
I THINK THAT’S A HUGE MISSTEP
AND DISSERVICE TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN’T BE HAVING
TO SPECULATE ABOUT THIS.
OUR LAWMAKERS SHOULD BE GETTING
APPRISED BY THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY AND THE MILITARY
COMMUNITY.
>> Bill: I HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT
HERE.
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST
SAID THERE.
THE WEEKEND SERVES AS A
DISTRACTION FOR MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS.
SO THE GAME THAT WAS PLAYED
HERE.
IT IS MONDAY.
WOULD YOU EXPECT TO GIVE US --
THEM TO GIVE US AN EXPLANATION
TODAY IN FULL?
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THEY -- YOU KNOW, THINK
ABOUT IT THIS WAY, BILL.
WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS -- OBJECTS
2, 3 AND 4 IF THESE WERE
AIRCRAFT THAT WENT DOWN WITH
POTENTIAL SURVIVORS OR
PASSENGERS THEY WOULD BE THERE
AND FIND A WAY TO BE THERE AND
COLLECT THE INFORMATION.
SO TO SAY THAT WE HAVEN’T BEEN
ABLE TO RECOVER EVERYTHING OR
GET TO IT.
WE DON’T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION
IS REALLY JUST BUYING TIME TO
TRY TO EXPLAIN.
THEY HAVE TO GIVE THE
EXPLANATIONS AND THEY HAVE TO
GIVE THEM QUICKLY.
PEOPLE HAVE -- THEY’VE RUN OUT
OF ROPE ON THIS.
I THIS I THE THING TO KEEP IN
MIND AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT
WE DO KNOW IS THAT CHINA IS THE
THREAT THAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN
SAYING FOR YEARS.
DON’T LOSE SIGHT OF THE FIRST
EPISODE WHICH WAS A DEDICATED
SPY MISSION SUCCESSFUL FOR CHINA
AND NATIONAL SECURITY FAILURE
FOR THE UNITED STATES.
>> Bill: JOHN RATCLIFFE, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FORMER HEAD OF THE DNI.
WE AWAIT THOSE ANSWERS TODAY