In this special episode, we sat down with Stephen Bryen, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and Bradley Thayer, founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China. They touch on the new report by the Victims of Communism that notes eight major U.S. tech companies have business links to the Chinese military and security apparatus. Those eight companies are Apple, Amazon, Dell, Facebook, GE, Google, Intel, and Microsoft. Bryen and Thayer touch on what that relationship means for Americans, whether it poses a national security risk, and what can be done going forward. Bryen notes the risks these relationships pose, saying “the risk of loss of technology is a critical one, the possibility of giving China insight into how we do think is a risk, because then they can understand our defenses much better. I think that’s a serious issue to take into account. And then the loss …
‘Absolutely Foolish to Have This Type of Relationship’: Thayer on Major US Tech Firms’ Ties to China
February 12, 2022
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