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SPAIN, JUL 16 – Spain awarded Huawei a $14.3 million contract to manage police wiretaps despite U.S. warnings about espionage risks linked to the Chinese Communist Party, raising alliance security concerns.
- On July 12, Spain’s Interior Ministry awarded Huawei a $14.3 million contract to manage judicially authorized wiretaps, raising U.S. security concerns.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez refused to boost defense spending to 5%, calling it `unreasonable`, and in 2024 Spain contributed just 1.2% of GDP to NATO.
- Accusations include racketeering, bank fraud, and intellectual property theft; the U.S. government said Huawei must obey China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law, creating potential backdoors for espionage.
- In a July 16 letter, legislators cautioned that China’s laws could compel Huawei to assist Beijing’s intelligence apparatus.
- The US House Intelligence Committee said Spain risks its national security by letting a CCP-linked company control criminal recordings, and it could make NATO allies reluctant to share sensitive information.
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They denounce that "Spain is playing with fire by endangering its national security and that of its citizens" and that China is given "access through the back door to the legal interception system of a NATO ally" Read
Republican Senators Tom Cotton and Rick Crawford requested a review of the intelligence exchange with the Spanish intelligence and police services.]]>
U.S. Warns Spain Over Huawei Handling Police Wiretaps, Calling It ‘Playing With Fire’
The United States has sharply criticized Spain’s socialist government for entrusting Chinese tech company Huawei with storing sensitive police wiretap data. The US House Intelligence Committee stated Spain risks its national security by allowing a company linked to China’s Communist Party to control recordings from criminal and intelligence investigations. Spain awarded Huawei a €12.3 million […]
US Must Limit Intel-Sharing With Spain Over Huawei Concern, Cotton Says
The US should pull back on sharing intelligence with Spain, given that the country allegedly relies on Chinese network vendor Huawei Technologies Co. to support its wiretap system, according to the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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