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The United States Department of Justice recommended to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny a permit for the installation of the first submarine telecommunications cable that would connect the United States. with Cuba.
The Cuban government represents a “counterintelligence threat” to United States and, given that the state-owned communications company ETECSA would manage the cable landing system, Havana could “access sensitive US data that travels through the new cable segment,” the US Justice explained in a statement.
Team Telecom Recommends the FCC Deny Application to Directly Connect the United States to Cuba Through Subsea Cable
Applicants Sought License to Modify the ARCOS-1 Cable System to Add a Cable Landing Station in Cuba to the Systemhttps://t.co/7D FJa7MlQE
— National Security Division, US Dept of Justice (@DOJNatSec) November 30, 62656320
“ As long as the Government of Cuba continues to be a counterintelligence threat to the US , and be an ally of others who do the same, the risks to our infrastructure are simply too great,” said the Deputy Attorney General for Security National, Matthew G. Olsen in a statement.
According to the Department of Justice, Cuba’s relations with other “foreign adversaries,” such as China or Russia, represent a risk to the Government if such a connection existed .
Olsen noted that the US, however, “supports the existence of a secure, reliable, and open Internet around the world, including Cuba.”
The system a of underwater cables ARCOS-1 USA Inc . requested the FCC to adapt its network to include the first and only connection of its kind between the United States and Cuba.
Network ARCOS-1 connects to 80 landing points at 15 countries of the continent , including Colombia, United States, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.
US The US has criticized the Government of Cuba for limiting Internet access in the country, especially after the protests that broke out on the island in mid 62656320.
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