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Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. should be viewed with “suspicion,” according to a report released by the House intelligence committee, due to concerns that their network equipment could help the Chinese government spy on U.S. communications or engage in cyberwarfare. The two companies should be barred from access to any sensitive U.S. networks and from acquiring other U.S. firms, the 52-page report says, according to the Los Angeles Times, which obtained an advance look at the report.
Huawei has hired a team of lobbyists in Washington, including several former congressional aides, as it seeks to sell products to U.S. telecom carriers and otherwise gain a toehold in the American market. ZTE officials have also expressed aspirations to do significant business in the United States. But large U.S. telecoms are not likely do business with the Chinese firms if U.S. officials warn against it.
Originally posted by FissionSurplus
My first inclination is to agree with the warnings.
My second inclination is to assume that we are already being spied on and all our networks are open to cyberwarfare from within, for purposes of control, and even for false flag operations. Perhaps our government hates competition....?
I suppose the enemy we know is less threatening than the one we do not.
“Despite hours of interviews, extensive and repeated document requests, a review of open-source information, and an open hearing with witnesses from both companies, the committee remains unsatisfied with the level of cooperation and candor provided by each company,” the report says. “Neither company was willing to provide sufficient evidence to ameliorate the committee’s concerns.”
Though Huawei claims to be a privately owned company, the Communist Party Committee maintains offices inside the company’s headquarters in China, according to 60 Minutes.
Asked by correspondent Steve Kroft if Huawei would spy on U.S. telecommunications if the Chinese government asked them to, Jim Lewis, senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said, “Here [in the U.S.], companies are used to, you know, throwing their weight around and telling the government what to do. In China, a company is a Chia pet. The state tells them what to do, and they do it.”
Originally posted by seabag
I think this is a legit threat based on what I've heard so far.
Originally posted by sonnny1
Originally posted by seabag
I think this is a legit threat based on what I've heard so far.
As do I.
China's agenda, is getting to be an open affair.
reply to post by seabag
I actually heard about this today on the local news. One of these firms operates here in the Dallas,
Source
The website Obama.com was purchased by an Obama bundler based in Shanghai, China, with questionable ties to state-run enterprises
68% of the traffic to Obama.com is foreign, and the site was linked to a specific donation page on the official BarackObama.com campaign website for ten months
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
Why are foreign nationals allowed to lobby our elected officials?
Are we to hell yet? This handbasket is getting mighty crowded.
China stole design information regarding the United States' seven most advanced thermonuclear weapons.
These stolen secrets enabled the PLA to accelerate the design, development and testing of its own nuclear weapons.
China's next generation of nuclear weapons would contain elements of stolen U.S. design information and would be comparable in effectiveness to the weapons used by the United States.
Small warheads based on stolen U.S. information could be ready for deployment in 2002 also enabling China to integrate MIRV technology on its next generation of missiles.
These thefts were not isolated incidents, but rather the results of decades of intelligence operations against U.S. weapons laboratories conducted by the Ministry of State Security. In addition, the report described the illegal activity likely persisted despite new security measures implemented as a result of the scandal.
Originally posted by neo96
Handing China the "keys to the kingdom" is suicidal.
Originally posted by sonnny1
Originally posted by neo96
Handing China the "keys to the kingdom" is suicidal.
I Think handing the keys, to any Nation, when it comes to security and infrastructure, is suicidal.
China has bad intentions, its been proven.