In an Aug. 5 press statement, Pompeo presented a psychotic five-point program to totally cut all Chinese communication systems in or with the U.S., and more. His program, called Clean Path, was posed as if he had some sort of authority to implement it, although he generally does not. It should be read as a declaration of economic warfare leading to military confrontation, if Pompeo were allowed to carry it out.
Pompeo’s announcement, in part (https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-at-a-press-availability-10/):
“In April, I announced our team’s Clean Path initiative to keep Americans’ data safe from untrusted vendors. Today, I’m pleased to announce the expansion of the Clean Network with the launch of five new lines of effort:
“First, Clean Carrier. We are working to ensure that untrusted Chinese telecom companies don’t provide international telecommunications services between the United States and foreign destinations. I join Attorney General Barr, Secretary Esper, and Acting Secretary Wolf in urging the FCC to revoke and terminate the authorizations of China Telecom and three other companies providing services to and from the United States.
“Second, we call Clean Store. We want to see untrusted Chinese apps removed from U.S. app stores. President Trump has mentioned impending action on TikTok, and for good reason. With parent companies based in China, apps like TikTok, WeChat, and others are significant threats to the personal data of American citizens, not to mention tools for CCP content censorship.
