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We have new information about the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina earlier this week.

The US Navy and FBI are working to recover what remains of the balloon.

Meanwhile, members of Congress want to know what data it collected while hovering over the US.

NPR Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas joins us now to discuss this. Hi, Ryan.

Good morning.

Good morning. So what's the latest that the Biden administration is saying about this balloon?

Well, the administration has been pushing out more and more information in the past several days on this.

The US said yesterday, for example, that these sorts of Chinese spy balloons have flown over 40 countries on five continents.

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