US Conducted Secret Surveillance of Huawei: Prosecutors
Fri Apr 5, 2019 02:27AM
presstv.ir
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies has been spied on by US authorities, a court prosecutor says.
US court authorities plan to use the secrets gathered on Huawei through espionage in a criminal case against the telecom giant, media reported on Thursday.
The US charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei with technology theft and sanctions violations.
Assistant US Attorney Alex Solomon told a federal court hearing in Brooklyn that the evidence in the case against Huawei was "obtained or derived from electronic surveillance and physical search" under the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and would require special handling in court. However, he refrained from giving further details.
Brian Frey, a former federal prosecutor who is not involved in the Huawei case, said FISA surveillance, which requires a warrant from a special court, is generally sought in connection with suspected espionage.
"The reason they typically would have gotten the surveillance through a FISA court is where we suspect someone may be spying on behalf of a foreign power," Frey said.
The US government has been putting pressure on Huawei, claiming its equipment could be used by Beijing for spying.
The Trump administration banned Huawei technology from use by the US government, suspecting its phones and other devices could be accessed by Chinese intelligence services.
The company has rejected the concerns against its equipment, saying they were unfounded.
Huawei has filed a lawsuit against the United States for banning its products.
“The US government has a loser’s attitude. It wants to smear Huawei because it cannot compete against Huawei,” the company's chairman, Guo Ping, said recently.
Meanwhile, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, is currently battling a request from the Trump administration to extradite her following her arrest last year in Vancouver, Canada.
Meng was detained by Canadians on a US arrest warrant.
presstv.ir
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies has been spied on by US authorities, a court prosecutor says.
US court authorities plan to use the secrets gathered on Huawei through espionage in a criminal case against the telecom giant, media reported on Thursday.
The US charges the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei with technology theft and sanctions violations.
Assistant US Attorney Alex Solomon told a federal court hearing in Brooklyn that the evidence in the case against Huawei was "obtained or derived from electronic surveillance and physical search" under the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and would require special handling in court. However, he refrained from giving further details.
Brian Frey, a former federal prosecutor who is not involved in the Huawei case, said FISA surveillance, which requires a warrant from a special court, is generally sought in connection with suspected espionage.
"The reason they typically would have gotten the surveillance through a FISA court is where we suspect someone may be spying on behalf of a foreign power," Frey said.
The US government has been putting pressure on Huawei, claiming its equipment could be used by Beijing for spying.
The Trump administration banned Huawei technology from use by the US government, suspecting its phones and other devices could be accessed by Chinese intelligence services.
The company has rejected the concerns against its equipment, saying they were unfounded.
Huawei has filed a lawsuit against the United States for banning its products.
“The US government has a loser’s attitude. It wants to smear Huawei because it cannot compete against Huawei,” the company's chairman, Guo Ping, said recently.
Meanwhile, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, is currently battling a request from the Trump administration to extradite her following her arrest last year in Vancouver, Canada.
Meng was detained by Canadians on a US arrest warrant.
No comments:
Post a Comment