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What do they have to hide?

Internal communication is usually great source for historians and posterity. Not to mention parliamentary investigative bodies.

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"The rationale behind the move is to cut reliance on foreign entities, the report said, a concern that has somehow manifested amid U.S.’s ongoing tussle with Huawei and China."

Yeh, I understand. My comment was half tongue-in-check and half a pity that future historians won't have a look into internal communications of this sort.

These are the kinds of damage that the US is facing that has gonna have severe adverse effects, that will not show up before the next elections, so the current US administration doesn’t care. Other stuff would be that it’s likely that US companies will not even be considered in the future by governments and companies for products, where in the past, the likes of an IBM or Oracle would be the front runner.

> What do they have to hide?

This is the kind of dangerous statement that has done more damage to privacy and security conversation than anything else. Please stop.

> Please stop.

Stop expecting transparent and accountable politics? Yeh, sure. It's India.

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