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Ex-counterintelligence official warns Trump administration not to be shortsighted on Huawei
2019-08-25
[The Hill] Former Obama-era counterintelligence official Nate Synder warned Tuesday that the Trump administration should not take any short-cuts on its approach to Huawei.
I would not want that young lady standing behind me with a Makarov.
"They are insidiously smart," Synder, who is now a senior adviser for Cambridge Global Advisors, told Hill.TV of the Chinese telecommunications giant.

"They are playing a long play here and they’re looking at all different angles," he added, noting that Huawei is building a 5G network across Russia and China. "I hope the administration doesn’t look at the short-sightedness of just saving profits and revenue."

Synder’s comments come just a day after Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed that the Trump administration is again delaying a penalty on Huawei until Nov. 19.

President Trump in May first directed the Commerce Department in May to place Huawei on its "Entity List." The move was seen as a death sentence for U.S. companies, who, under the guidance, are banned from doing business with the firm.
Posted by:Besoeker

#10  It's not only about shutting off access to leading edge US components. You have to shut down the whole supply chain and technology transfer. Memory from Korea, chip making services from Taiwan, software from America, IP licenses from Japan and worldwide and chip making machines from America and Europe.
Posted by: Crusosing Thrans4525   2019-08-25 17:19  

#9  "They are insidiously smart," Synder, who is now a senior adviser for Cambridge Global Advisors, told Hill.TV of the Chinese telecommunications giant.

If they're so smart, why can't they write their own software?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-08-25 14:19  

#8  Counter Intelligence you say? But for which side?
I wouldn't trust an Obama official if they told me my own name. I'd demand a DNA test.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-08-25 12:59  

#7  I think HMcC meant "unfair to our working class."
Can't say I disagree with that assessment.
Posted by: Lex   2019-08-25 12:25  

#6  That comment makes absolutely no sense, just bile
Posted by: Frank G   2019-08-25 12:23  

#5  As opposed to the US government, which only bribes countries with unfair trade agreements. The ones that ruined our working class. But none dare call it bribery.
Posted by: Herb McCoy    2019-08-25 11:38  

#4  Magpie nails it at #3 in a mere 69 words.

The level of geo-political acumen consistently displayed at this site is a continuing source of amazement. If it could only somehow be bottled and shipped to Washington.

Unfortunately, no amount of coaxing from the common man could convince our beltway betters to imbibe truth or common sense. They're inextricably linked to their globalist portfolios.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-25 11:30  

#3  "They are insidiously smart,"...

Bah! They have been manipulating barbarians according to the same playbook for millennia. Their chief advantage is they don't think quarter-to-quarter like our Wall Street 'Geniuses' . They are used to spending years and decades if necessary to corrupt and manipulate foreign agents to do their bidding. Their customs of "exchanging gifts for 'favors' ", what we would think of as "bribery", is just what they do as normal practice.
Posted by: magpie   2019-08-25 10:41  

#2  "They are insidiously smart," and don't forget inscrutable.

Insidiously smart compared to you and the whole Obumble crew, sure.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-08-25 08:22  

#1  I'm going with the Steve Bannon theory:

Link to Bass-Bannon interview
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-08-25 06:16  

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