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FILE PHOTO: Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center William Evanina speaks during the Reuters Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
The U.S. counter-intelligence chief said on Tuesday he was worried about threats from China and Russia to disrupt the coronavirus vaccine supply chain in the United States.
William Evanina, director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center, told an online Washington Post event that U.S. adversaries were trying to interfere with Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government operation distributing the vaccines.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People are going to have to be held accountable both in the law enforcement community and in the security community for the attack on Capitol Hill, the U.S. counterintelligence chief said on Monday.
The Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center William Evanina was speaking at a Washington Post event.
Reporting by Johnathan Landay and Eric Beech in Washington, D.C.
Director, Center for Technology Policy In this picture taken on May 11, 2017, a drone flies in the showroom of the DJI headquarters in Shenzhen. AFP Contributor / Contributor / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
The Departments of Defense, Interior, and Homeland Security have all warned against or prohibited the procurement of Chinese-made drones warnings Congress heeded.
China has lost the benefit of the doubt when it comes to data-sharing or security.
DJI drone-buyers will be aware they are supporting a company that participates in human rights abuses.
Shortly before Christmas, the federal government took bold action to preserve both U.S. national security and our foreign policy interests by placing the Chinese corporation Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI), the world’s largest maker of unmanned aerial systems, on the Entity List.