Pentagon wins brief waiver from government’s Huawei ban

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4 pointsbgee2 comments

"Citing U.S. national security interests, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe granted the Pentagon a temporary waiver to further assess a broader waiver request from DoD."

Wait, what? If the stated reason for the ban is "espionage threat", how is it possible to allow the said espionage in the Department of Defense, arguably one of the juciest targets?

It either means the real reason is different, and we are being misled, or the threat of espionage is low, and we are being misled. Or am I missing something?

a) It's not for the DoD using Huawei equipment, but for doing business with companies that use Huawei equipment.

b) That there is an espionage threat doesn't mean that the DoD might not prefer accepting some of that threat in exchange for supply chain stability temporarily.

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