House Intelligence Committee members approved the panel’s October report on...
House Intelligence Committee members approved the panel’s October report on security concerns with the Chinese-based telecom equipment manufacturers Huawei and ZTE, in an unanimous vote Thursday. The report strongly recommended that the U.S. government and American companies refrain from doing…
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business with Huawei and ZTE because of what it said were the long-term security risks associated with them (CD Oct 10 p3). Following the vote, the report will now be submitted to the committee record. The vote was closed to reporters and the public because the report contains a classified annex with additional evidence from the investigation, a committee staffer told us. A Huawei spokesman said Thursday in an email statement the company’s business has not been impacted by the report as the committee’s investigation was “largely recognized for the political exercise that it was.” “For those with a legitimate interest in network reliability and cyber security, such matters are of the highest priority to Huawei and we remain committed to pushing a broader understanding of the true and universal cyber vulnerabilities that impact global networks and the need for real and effective industry-wide solutions to address them,” he said. ZTE had no comment.