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- Title: New Objectives for CFIUS: Foreign Ownership, Critical Infrastructure, And Communications Interception (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States)
- Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 334 KB
Description
Global economic integration creates new kinds of risks for national security. Foreign ownership of U.S. telecommunications service providers is one such risk. While foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies are almost always harmless, there has always been concern among federal officials that foreign ownership could multiply opportunities for espionage, make defenders' tasks more complex, and reduce law enforcement communications interception capabilities. A new concern is that foreign acquisitions are a new avenue for a potential opponent to disrupt critical infrastructure and the services. The issue for national security is how to preserve communications interception capabilities and defend against potential service disruptions or intelligence activities in a period where integrated, global telecommunications enterprises and foreign ownership of, or participation in, national networks is increasingly routine. I. NEW CHALLENGES