Telecom Pressed to End Buys in U.S. ; Nation's Security Cited As Concern
The Washington Times › February 17, 2011
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A federal interagency group on foreign investment wants China's Huawei telecommunications company to cut ties with a U.S. technology firm, highlighting growing fears about the security of foreign- supplied goods used in vital U.S. infrastructure, the nation's senior intelligence official told Congress Wednesday.
"What this highlights is the importance of understanding supply chains," James R. Clapper, director of national intelligence, said at a Senate hearing. He called the question of who was making vital information technology and communications equipment an example of "the two-edged sword of globalization" that makes U.S. companies dependent on foreign suppliers, "particularly in the telecommunications business, where there's been a collapsing of these large companies as they've merged."See the full content of this document
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Telecom Pressed to End Buys in U.S. ; Nation's Security Cited As Concern
Mr. Clapper declined to comment directly on the case of Shenzhen, China-based Huawei Technologies Co., which he said was "a matter of some litigation within the government."
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