The Associated Press is reporting this morning that when Biden took office, he ordered improvements to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage which led to the ability to identify last week's spy balloon.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said that after Biden took office, the U.S. 'enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our capacity to be able to detect things that the Trump administration was unable to detect.'

Once the balloon invaded U.S. airspace, Biden ordered it shot down: 'Once it came over to the United States, from Canada, I told the Defense Department I wanted to shoot it down as soon as it was appropriate,' Biden said. The military concluded 'we should not shoot it down over land, it was not a serious threat.'

But of course, he would have to say that.

Goofyhoofy: OK, the thing is the size of 3 schoolbusses. Which is big, but not really so big that you couldn't bring it down over North Dakota. Or Iowa. Or pretty much anywhere.

Downing it over water 'created a greater possibility that we could effectively exploit the wreckage than if it were shot down over land.'

Meanwhile, House Republicans, unable to recognize how government is run when adults are in charge, are considering a resolution to condemn Biden's response over the Chinese balloon.

Gone are the days when republicans would criticize the Chinese instead of their own defense department and government but that was before the former president said: "President Xi, who is a strong man, I call him 'king,'"

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