[MILtimes] If you have a Huawei smartphone, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding has a message for you.Throw it out.
That’s because Spalding, the former senior director for strategic planning and national security adviser to the White House, says the Chinese Communist Party could be spying on you.
U.S. sales of the phones were banned by the White House in May and later, they specifically were banned on military bases, where the phones were pulled from the shelves. But so far, no ban has been put in place for usage by service members and Defense Department employees who purchased the phones prior to the sales ban.
Spalding, in a series of interviews with Military Times, said the current ban does not go far enough.
"No active duty service member should be using a Huawei device, especially not on a U.S. military installation," he said. "Huawei smartphones are both a personal security and a national security risk."