https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/23/politics/fbi-investigation-hu…
Among the most alarming things the FBI uncovered pertains to Chinese-made Huawei?equipment atop cell towers near US military bases in the?rural Midwest. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the FBI determined the equipment was capable of capturing and disrupting highly restricted Defense Department communications, including those used by US Strategic Command, which oversees the country’s nuclear weapons.
While broad concerns about Huawei equipment near US military installations have been well known, the existence of this investigation and its findings have never been reported.
In 2020, Congress?approved $1.9 billion?to remove Chinese-made Huawei and ZTE cellular technology across wide swaths of rural America.??? ???
But two years later, none of that equipment has been removed and rural telecom companies are still waiting for federal reimbursement money.?The FCC received applications to remove some 24,000 pieces of Chinese-made communications equipment—but according to a July 15 update from the commission, it is more than $3 billion short of the money it needs to reimburse all eligible companies.
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