State Dept. criticized for purchasing Chinese PCs

Unease about role of foreign companies in U.S. economy prompts criticism of purchase of 15,000 Lenovo computers.
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[KickinA]

this does not make any sense

Does it matter that a Chinese company is selling PC's to the US government? I mean Legend is not a state run enterprise. Even if the US government bought Dell or HP, you can bet the motherboards and most of the components are already made in China. In fact, alot of the computers you are order from Dell or HP are drop shipped directly from China. So if the Chinese government where to put spy software or components in the computer hardware, they could do it to Dell or HP.

[garyhud]

Makes Perfect Sense

"The government-controlled Chinese Academy of Sciences now
holds 65 percent of Legend." China has controlling interest in
Legend. That's quite different from HP and Dell.

[cylockholmes]

govt computer purchases

sounds like the old "Parent" addage:
"Do as I say not as i do!"

Paranoia gone mad

How paranoid can you get? Americans are so insecure its a wonder you guys can sleep at night for fear of foreigners.