That balloon was picked up before it entered the US, N. Of Alaska. They wait for orders from the Pentagon before they can do anything. It took till over the S E of the US for a MORRON of a Pres. To order them to shoot it down. LET'S GO BRANDON.Yes, TOTALLY AGREE but we should not have allowed it to traverse the US period. Allowing it to perform its work ASSUMING we are smart enough to interpret and decode or decipher the data is absurd. The balloon should have been shot down entering our territorial waters off Alaska, not 10,000 miles later. Hopefully we we learn how to track before someone points to sky.