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"For such serious decisions like a ban, you need proof," head of Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) Arne Schoenbohm told Spiegel.
Comment: Actually, you don't. Just ask America... or the UK. Proof is an out-of-date concept for these people. All you need is allegation.
Huawei is accused of having ties to Chinese intelligence, and countries like the US, Australia and New Zealand have recently blocked it from being part of building their 5G internet networks.
According to Der Spiegel, the US is pressuring other countries like Germany to do the same.
In March, Schoenbohm told telecommunications company Telekom there were "currently no reliable findings" to back up US security agencies' warnings about Huawei. Germany's main mobile network operators, Vodafone, Telekom and Telefónica all use Huawei infrastructure technology.
BSI has examined Huawei products and visited its safety lab in Bonn, and Schoenbohm says there is no evidence that the firm uses its equipment to spy.
Huawei also denies the accusation. "We've never been asked to install a backdoor for espionage anywhere, there's no law that forces us to do it, we never did it, and we never will," a company spokesperson for said.
Comment: That's the real problem. Huawei isn't, and presumably can't be (at the present), used for spying. That means the NSA can't use it for spying. That means the U.S. can't allow its widespread use.
Comment: At what point do the Generals of France join the Gilets Jaunes when they realize that their letter makes not a bit difference to their puppet President?