- The president may also issue waivers of sanctions for individuals, for renewable periods of up to 90 days, for national security reasons.
- Earlier this year, the Biden administration investigated Huawei over concerns that the Chinese tech giant was siphoning data from military bases and missile silos from cell towers that use the company’s devices.
- FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr expressed “very real concern” that the cell towers could function as a sort of early warning system in the event of an ICBM strike. Carr told Reuters at the time that cell towers near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana run on Huawei devices.
