Huawei Senior Vice President Charles Ding testifies before the House Intelligence Committee.
(Credit: U.S. House of Representitives; screenshot by Jay Greene/CNET)
The House Intelligence Committee brought executives from two Chinese telecommunications gear makers to Capitol Hill today to press them on potential threats they pose to national security, but came away with little satisfaction.
"I can say that I am a little disappointed today," committee chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said at the end of the hearing investigating Huawei and ZTE. (CNET viewed the hearing via Webcast.) "I was hoping for a little more transparency... Other inconsistencies worry me greatly."
Rogers and his fellow committee members pressed executives from the two Chinese companies repeatedly, raising allegations that the companies either take orders from the Chinese government or are at least influenced by it. Their fear is that the Chinese government will be able to use the companies' networking gear to snoop on American companies and individuals.
"How will you deal with your Chinese government if they order you to give information about your customers in the United States?" C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the committee, asked Huawei Senior Vice President Charles Ding.
Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) questioning executives of Huawei and ZTE during a... [Read more]
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