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Security Experts Sound Alarm about Ties to Chinese Tech Company – China and Canada
Canadian security experts are expressing concern about Canada’s growing ties to Chinese tech company Huawei. Over the past decade, Huawei has expanded its operations in Canada. Its equipment is used in telecommunications infrastructure run by the country’s major carriers, some of which sell Huawei phones. The company has also struck up partnerships with Canadian universities, and says it is investing more than half a billion dollars in researching 5G, the next generation of cellular networks in Canada. Three former directors of Canada’s key national security agencies told the Globe and Mail the company could be used as vehicle for Chinese spying. Huawei told the Globe it has been operating in Canada since 2008 without problems. In an e-mailed statement, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale’s office told As It Happens the government is “aware of the concerns and takes the security of its critical infrastructure very seriously.” But Ward Elcock, a former CSIS director and deputy minister of national defense, isn’t convinced. He spoke with As It Happens host Carol Off about his concerns. Here is part of that conversation.
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Anti-Terror Training Abroad Includes K-9, Cyber Security – Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and The United States
A U.S. counterterrorism official says dogs sniffing for explosives will be deployed soon to inspect laptops and mobile phones of passengers flying to the U.S from Jordan, Egypt and Morocco. The additional checks will be handled in Jordan by a U.S.-trained K-9 unit — part of the State Department’s expanding Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The agency spends $300 million a year to train and equip law enforcement departments of partner nations, in exchange for improved security for U.S. interests abroad. Agency chief Paul Davies told The Associated Press late Tuesday that such training helped disrupt several terror plots in Jordan. Jordan has upgraded its fight against militants with an emergency call center, surveillance cameras and databases for DNA, ballistics and fingerprints. U.S. trainers will now teach cyber security.
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Leaders Meet amid Fears of a New Middle East Arms Race – Saudi Arabia and The United States
When President Donald Trump spoke critically Tuesday of an arms race that was getting “out of control,” he wasn’t talking about the one U.S. officials fret is gaining steam in the Middle East. But the comments, ostensibly aimed at Russia, were delivered alongside Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, whose own recent statements have raised concern among U.S. officials of an arms race between Iran and its regional foes. Trump on Tuesday welcomed Mohammed bin Salman on his second visit to the White House — the first stop in the young Saudi royal’s U.S. tour, which includes meetings in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Houston. While both U.S. and Saudi officials are touting the visit as being aimed at bolstering investment and business opportunities between the two allies, Prince Mohammed, known by his initials MBS, is also pushing for tougher measures against the Iranian regime. In a CBS interview ahead of his trip, the crown prince said that if regional rival Iran is left to its own devices and allowed to build a bomb, Saudi Arabia will have no choice but to do the same.
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