Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) questioned Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin. Senator Blackburn: Thank you Mr. chairman, secretary Austin why don't we make our intelligence reports public now? Sec. Austin: We share as much as we can from our intel reports, but as you know we have to be careful about protecting sources and methods, right so that we don't lose capability. Blackburn: And would you agree that giving our adversaries access to our intel reports is a poor decision? Sec. Austin: Exactly I think that's something that we absolutely work to avoid. Blackburn: Okay and so then why did senior Biden officials hold nearly half a dozen meetings with top Chinese officials to give them information on Russian troop movements? Sec. Austin: I don't know if I don't have insights on any occurrences like that so. Blackburn: Okay, it seems the Chinese called up their comrades i
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