Thursday 2 May 2019

My Way or Huwawei

So Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson was summarily sacked by the PM, accused of leaking information from the ultra secretive National Security Council (NSC). Williamson rejects all notions of wrongdoing.

Several MPs, most loudly perhaps Tom Watson - Lab, are now calling for a criminal investigation into Williamson and the leak.

Which brings me to an interesting aside.

May has faced a heated backlash over the Daily Telegraph leak claiming ministers advised by top security officials at the National Security Council meeting had agreed to allow Huawei to help build "non-core" parts of the U.K.’s next generation of mobile infrastructure, 5G. The U.S., which has banned Huawei from its government networks, has been putting pressure on its allies to follow its lead, citing concerns that the Chinese vendor’s equipment could allow Beijing to spy — allegations that Huawei has repeatedly denied.

Did you see that? "officials at the National Security Council meeting had agreed to allow Huawei to help build "non-core" parts of the U.K.’s next generation of mobile infrastructure, 5G".

So these officials recommend Huwawei, against US diktats. The question is: had the NSC's line have been 'suitably' critical of Huwawei, would the leak have caused the same commotion as we've seen now?

3 comments:

  1. This is why I oppose leniancy for whistleblowers. They're willing to hide the stuff they think are beneficial. I prefer Wikileaks. They haven't a dog in the fight. They'd as soon blow whistles on everyone. And I prefer THAT to uniparty coverups.

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  2. btw - Wanna know how Trump beat Mueller? Here's the inside scoop.

    Flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo ("If I cannot bend the Higher Powers, I will move the Acheron").
    – Virgil, as quoted by Freud, "Interpretation of Dreams"

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    1. Was it "obstruction"? You tell me... ;)

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