The dispute between the United States Government and network vendor Huawei is in fact not limited to the alleged espionage attempts that occurred on the 5G network in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Long before that, the counterintelligence unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in its report revealed that Huawei's mobile network devices could interfere with communications on the US nuclear arsenal's chain of command.
CNN journalist Katie Bo Lillis exclusively revealed her investigation posted on cnn.com (25/7/2022), said in a fantastic deal in 2017, the Chinese government offered to spend US$100 million to build an ornate Chinese Garden in the National Park. Arboretum located Washington DC.
The Chinese Garden is planned to come complete with a temple, pavilion, and a 70-foot-tall (21-meter) white pagoda. Suddenly, the Chinese Garden project delighted local officials, who hoped it would attract thousands of tourists every year.
But when US counterintelligence units began digging into the details, they found many red flags. The pagoda, they said, would be strategically placed at one of the highest points in Washington DC, just two miles from the US Capitol, the perfect place for intelligence gathering signals.
Also worrying is that Chinese officials want to build the pagoda with materials shipped to the US in diplomatic pouches, which US Customs officials are barred from inspecting. Federal officials then quietly silenced the project before construction began.
The Chinese Garden project was eventually scrapped through counter-intelligence activity by the FBI and other federal agencies that focused on what US security officials believed was the dramatic increase in Chinese espionage on US soil over the past decade.
Since at least 2017, federal officials have been investigating Chinese purchases of land near critical infrastructure. The US response has been to close the notorious regional consulate believed to be a hotbed of Chinese spies and install listening devices near sensitive areas, such as military bases.
According to the FBI, one of the most worrying points relates to Chinese-made Huawei devices atop a cell tower (BTS) near a US military base in a rural Midwest area. According to various sources familiar with the matter, the FBI is aware that the equipment in the BTS is capable of capturing and interfering with very limited Department of Defense communications, including those used by US Strategic Command, which oversees nuclear weapons.
It is not clear whether the US intelligence community was able to determine whether any data was actually intercepted and sent to Beijing from the BTS towers. Sources familiar with the matter say that from a technical point of view, it is very difficult to prove certain data packets were stolen and sent overseas.
The Chinese government categorically denies any attempt to spy on the US. Huawei in a statement has denied that its network devices are capable of operating within any communications spectrum allocated to the Department of Defense.
But sources familiar with the investigation say there is no doubt that Huawei equipment has the capability to intercept, not only commercial mobile traffic but also very limited frequencies used by the military and interfere with critical US Strategic Command communications, providing potential for the government. China to the US nuclear arsenal.
In the aftermath of the above, in 2020, the US Congress approved a $1.9 billion fund to phase out Huawei and ZTE cellular technology in rural areas. But two years later, rural areas are still waiting for reimbursement from the federal government.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received a request to remove about 24,000 base stations made in China, but according to data as of July 15, 2022, it would take more than $3 billion to replace all Chinese-made mobile network devices with new devices from other network vendors such as Samsung Electronics, Ericsson. and Nokia...
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