Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song'
Mitt Romney has a new TV Video, "Asian Tiger”. NOT very smart by his high priced marketing team. The NATO code-name for the Huawei network is called “Tiger Song”.
Background:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916444/posts
China Angles to Buy 3Com
Excerpt:
According to the CIA, Huawei was responsible for the installation of an advanced fiber-optic air defense network in Iraq during Saddam’s brutal rule. The Huawei network, NATO code-named “Tiger Song,” was used to shoot down allied aircraft flying patrol over the Iraqi skies.
The network was installed in violation of an U.N. embargo. Worse still, the air defense network was paid for by the corrupt oil-for-food program which send cash to Huawei that was intended to feed starving Iraqi children.
Despite its history of killing American soldiers — it is Huawei’s teaming with Bain and Goldman Sachs that has enabled the Chinese company to arrange the buyout of 3Com. The Bain/Goldman/Huawei team has influence inside the highest political circles.
For example, current Republican candidate Mitt Romney has links to Bain. Gov. Romney enjoyed a successful career at Bain, helping to amass over a quarter of a billion dollars in his own personal fortune. Romney may have left the company in 2001, but he and his family still own a significant stake in the firm through his blind trust, which according to the Washington Post earned him $7 million to $15 million during the last year.
Bain associates, employees and friends have also been very generous to Gov. Romney’s campaign for the White House. Bain employees have donated over $190,000 to Romney, making the firm one of his largest sources of political cash. This amount does not include the efforts of former and current Bain partners and executives of companies Romney bought who are also raising hundreds of thousands of dollars.
All these financial ties to Bain bring into question the possible conflict of interest that Romney faces. So far, Gov. Romney has refused to comment on the Bain deal. Repeated calls to the Romney campaign were not returned.
------------------------------------------------------------------Most are not familiar with Huawei. The company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei is a former officer of the People’s Liberation Army.
Excerpt:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG334.pdf
A New Direction for China’s Defense Industry
Huawei Shenzhen Technology Company. Huawei was founded in 1988 by Ren Zhengfei, a former director of the PLA General Staff Department’s Information Engineering Academy, which is responsible for telecom research for the Chinese military. Huawei maintains deep ties with the Chinese military, which serves a multi-faceted role as an important customer, as well as Huawei’s political patron and research and development partner. Both the government and the military tout Huawei as a national champion, and the company is currently China’s largest, fastest-growing, and most impressive telecommunications-equipment manufacturer...
In analyzing the dynamics of the IT sector, it is first necessary to divide the defense portion of the IT sector into two related but distinct categories. The first includes those subsectors providing the PLA with commercial-off-the-shelf IT systems, such as routers, switches, and computers, which have become increasingly central to the digitization of the U.S. military. Key companies in this category include such “red chips” (the Chinese equivalent of U.S. blue-chip companies) as Huawei, Zhongxing, Datang, Julong, and the Wuhan Research Institute, all of which are private companies spun off from state research institutes that enjoy national-champion preferences within the system. They are marked by new facilities in dynamic locales, such as southern and eastern China, a high-tech workforce, and infusions of foreign technology. These firms are not obligated to provide a social safety net for thousands of unemployable workers and their families in rural areas. Instead, they hire and fire staff using market-based incentives and stock options...
The two most important categories of Chinese IT firms, particularly in dealings with foreign multinationals, are telecommunications equipment and electronics. Publicly, the major players in telecommunications—Huawei, Datang, Zhongxing, and Great Dragon (Julong)—appear to be independent, private-sector actors. By contrast, many of the electronics firms are grouped under ostensibly commercially oriented conglomerates, such as China Electronics Corporation. However, one does not need to dig too deeply to discover that many of these electronics companies are the public face for, sprang from, or are significantly engaged in joint research with state research institutes under the Ministry of Information Industry, defense-industrial corporations, or the military. Indeed, each of the “four tigers” of the Chinese telecommunications equipment market (Huawei, Zhongxing, Datang, and Julong) originated from a different part of the existing state telecommunications research and development infrastructure, often from the internal telecommunications apparatus of different ministries or the military. These connections provide channels for personnel transfers, commercialization of state-sponsored R&D (”spin-off”), and militarization of commercial R&D (”spin-on”)...
Huawei has also become the most successful Chinese exporter of equipment, entering international markets in 1996. According to one source, “For the future, Huawei wants to be the Cisco of the PRC, but also is ambitious to become a global player.” The company is rapidly penetrating Africa, Russia, India, and many other areas ignored by Western telcos...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------As part of its backbone infrastructure work, Huawei supplied secure fiber optic communications networks widely within the PLA, its missile networks and fire control/command and control systems, and would supply a variant, Tiger Song, to Iraq prior to Operation Iraqi Freedom (during the 1990s) which greatly complicated US interdiction as previous Iraqi anti-air comm had been interceptable, targetable transmissions. The PRC was one of many UN embargo violators (which included our allies France and Germany as well as Russia)
http://www.afpc.org/crm/crm368.shtml
The Chinese-built “Tiger Song” fiber-optic air defense system used by Iraq is comprised of American-made technology obtained with a waiver from the Clinton Administration… The advanced fiber-optic system was a result of the friendship between General Ding Henggao, Commander of the Chinese Army military research bureau COSTIND [Commission on Science and Industry for National Defense] and then-US Defense Secretary William Perry...
In 1994, Professor John Lewis of Stanford University… teamed with General Ding to buy an advanced AT&T fiber-optic communication system for “civilian use” inside China. According to the Far Eastern Economic Review, [Perry] wrote a letter to US Government export control officials, favoring the fiber-optic export to China. The venture was called “Hua Mei.” The Chinese part of the venture was run by the newly formed firm, “Galaxy New Technology,” with General Ding’s wife, Madame Nie Li, as the head of the project.
With the support of Perry and the advice of Prof. Lewis, AT&T shipped the secure communications system directly to a Chinese Army unit, using Galaxy technology as a front. The so-called “civilian” Galaxy firm was packed with senior Chinese military officers… Madame Nie was not only the wife of General Ding, but actually Lt. General Nie Lie of the Chinese Army. Galaxy Director and president was Mr. Deng Changgru, also known as Lt. Colonel Deng Changru, head of the Chinese Army communcations corps. Co-General manager of Galaxy, “Mr.” Xie Zhichao, also known as Lt. Colonel Xie Zhichao, director of the Chinese Army’s Electronics Design Bureau…
“The Chinese army’s Electronics Bureau… modified the American fiber-optics communication system, changing it into a secure air-defense system. The Chinese military then exported the newly modified system to Iraq. The Iraqi air defense network, NATO code-named “Tiger Song,” is made of US and French fiber-optic parts modified by the Chinese military.”
In 2001, Iraqi anti-aircraft missiles, guided by Tiger Song, regularly target US fighter planes. And following the recent US-British attack on the system, Chinese military engineers are reportedly repairing damages to the system.
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HUNTER CALLS ON ROMNEY TO OPPOSE BAIN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINESE COMPANY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 2, 2007
CONTACT: Gary Becks (619) 334-1655, dlhunter08@yahoo.com
San Diego, CA - - - Presidential candidate and current Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Duncan Hunter, today called on former Governor Mitt Romney to send a "clear statement" to the leadership of the company he founded, Bain Capital, to terminate a proposed business deal with a controversial Chinese corporation seeking to acquire U.S. defense contractor 3COM. Bain Capital is attempting to form a business arrangement with Huawei Corporation, a Chinese corporation founded by an officer of the Peoples Liberation Army of Communist China, which faces allegations of assisting Saddam Hussein in the targeting of U.S. aircraft and in helping the Taliban develop surveillance equipment.
"I am extremely concerned that Governor Romney's company would tout a highly suspect Chinese corporation as a strategic partner," stated Hunter. "Forming a business partnership with a corporation known to have direct ties with terrorists and dictators while, at the same time, openly seeking to acquire a major U.S. corporation that performs vital cyber security work for the Department of Defense, can only be characterized as irresponsible."
A resolution has been introduced in Congress, H.Res. 730, which states; "The preponderance of publicly available evidence clearly suggests that as currently structured, the proposed transaction involving Huawei threatens the national security of the United States and should not be approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ." A copy of this resolution is provided.
Hunter stated in his letter to Governor Romney, "…while it is true that you no longer control Bain Capital, the contributions you have received from its principals as its founding member indicate that your influence within the company remains strong.
"Further, while the Committee on Foreign Investment has yet to rule on the Huawei transaction, this corporation's connection to Saddam Hussein, the Taliban and the Army of Communist China should clearly disqualify them from becoming, in the words of your former company, "a strategic partner" in acquiring a U.S. firm such as 3COM, which performs vital cyber-security work for the U.S. Department of Defense.
"This letter is a request that you immediately issue a statement of policy that this transaction should be terminated on the grounds of national security. Please let me know what you intend to do."
A copy of Congressman Hunter's letter, as well as two articles regarding Huawei acquisition efforts are provided. Media are encouraged to contact Gary Becks at (619) 334-1655 for additional information or to arrange an interview with Hunter.
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1/22/2008 12:30 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Neal Cavuto of Fox News spoke with Congressman Hunter last night about thoughts on endorsements of the Presidential Candidates.Duncan Hunters thoughts were: Romney - he spoke about China issues and Romney's company, Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' and said Romney is a 'no go,' for that reason alone. McCain - has a good strong respect for him as a veteran. He likes his position on national security, on Iraq and Afghanistan. Huckabee - I like Mike Huckabee's integrity, I stood next to him at a lot of debates.Congressman Hunter will continue to watch the candidates and give updates ... -
1/22/2008 12:30 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Neal Cavuto of Fox News spoke with Congressman Hunter last night about thoughts on endorsements of the Presidential Candidates.Duncan Hunters thoughts were: Romney - he spoke about China issues and Romney's company, Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' and said Romney is a 'no go,' for that reason alone. McCain - has a good strong respect for him as a veteran. He likes his position on national security, on Iraq and Afghanistan. Huckabee - I like Mike Huckabee's integrity, I stood next to him at a lot of debates.Congressman Hunter will continue to watch the candidates and give updates ... -
1/22/2008 12:34 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Neal Cavuto of Fox News spoke with Congressman Hunter last night about thoughts on endorsements of the Presidential Candidates.Duncan Hunters thoughts were: Romney - he spoke about China issues and Romney's company, Bain Capital, and said Romney is a 'no go,' for that reason alone. McCain - has a good strong respect for him as a veteran. He likes his position on national security, on Iraq and Afghanistan. Huckabee - I like Mike Huckabee's integrity, I stood next to him at a lot of debates.Congressman Hunter will continue to watch the candidates and give updates of his opinions as ... -
1/22/2008 12:52 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Duncan Hunter's mention of Romney's business ties to Bain Capital during Neal Cavuto's interview yesterday was a second shot across Mitt Romney's bow. Bain Capital is in it's second phase of a congressional security review because of their relations with communist China. I'm tempted to coin the term 'panopoly'. That term was used by Joseph Borkin during his investigations of I.G. Farben because the aggregation of businesses were much larger than a monopoly or cartel.Related: Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' ... -
1/22/2008 12:52 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Duncan Hunter's mention of Romney's business ties to Bain Capital during Neal Cavuto's interview yesterday was a second shot across Mitt Romney's bow. Bain Capital is in it's second phase of a congressional security review because of their relations with communist China. I'm tempted to coin the term 'panopoly'. That term was used by Joseph Borkin during his investigations of I.G. Farben because the aggregation of businesses were much larger than a monopoly or cartel.Related: Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' ... -
1/26/2008 6:36 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain BuyoutThe board of 3Com Corp. Friday scheduled a shareholder vote on a $2.2 billion buyout by a consortium that includes a Chinese company, signaling confidence the deal can clear antitrust and national security reviews. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Marlborough, Mass.-based network equipment maker said shareholders are set to meet at 8 a.m. on Feb. 29 to vote on a proposed buyout by private equity firm Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies. Some attorneys ... -
1/26/2008 6:37 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain BuyoutThe board of 3Com Corp. Friday scheduled a shareholder vote on a $2.2 billion buyout by a consortium that includes a Chinese company, signaling confidence the deal can clear antitrust and national security reviews. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Marlborough, Mass.-based network equipment maker said shareholders are set to meet at 8 a.m. on Feb. 29 to vote on a proposed buyout by private equity firm Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies. Some attorneys ... -
1/26/2008 6:50 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain BuyoutThe board of 3Com Corp. Friday scheduled a shareholder vote on a $2.2 billion buyout by a consortium that includes a Chinese company, signaling confidence the deal can clear antitrust and national security reviews. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Marlborough, Mass.-based network equipment maker said shareholders are set to meet at 8 a.m. on Feb. 29 to vote on a proposed buyout by private equity firm Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies. Some attorneys ... -
2/2/2008 12:50 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
A congressional committee is investigating the purchase of 3Com Corp. by a consortium that includes a Chinese company, intensifying scrutiny of the deal. In a letter sent Friday, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich, said there is "growing apprehension in the Congress" about the security implications of the transaction. Dingell chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the senior Republican on the panel, and two other members also signed the letter sent to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Network equipment maker 3Com agreed in late September to be purchased by private equity firm Bain Capital Management and Huawei Technologies ... -
2/2/2008 12:50 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
A congressional committee is investigating the purchase of 3Com Corp. by a consortium that includes a Chinese company, intensifying scrutiny of the deal. In a letter sent Friday, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich, said there is "growing apprehension in the Congress" about the security implications of the transaction. Dingell chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the senior Republican on the panel, and two other members also signed the letter sent to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Network equipment maker 3Com agreed in late September to be purchased by private equity firm Bain Capital Management and Huawei Technologies ... -
2/2/2008 12:56 PM
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Bain Capital, which was co-founded by former partner Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a partner, would own 83.5 percent of the shares and appoint the other eight members. Rep. Dingell among lawmakers tightening scrutiny of 3Com saleA congressional committee is investigating the purchase of 3Com Corp. by a consortium that includes a Chinese company, intensifying scrutiny of the deal. In a letter sent Friday, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich, said there is "growing apprehension in the Congress" about the security implications of the transaction. Dingell chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the ... -
2/4/2008 5:31 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Buyout Firm's No Comment Deepens Clear Channel Deal WorriesExcerpt from CNNMoney THL Partners and Bain Capital agreed to buy Clear Channel in November 2006. The deal has had a bumpy ride, facing investor dissent, declining business conditions in the radio industry, regulatory delays and jittery environment for funding debt-rich deals like Clear Channel.Related Scrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' ... -
2/4/2008 5:31 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Buyout Firm's No Comment Deepens Clear Channel Deal WorriesExcerpt from CNNMoney THL Partners and Bain Capital agreed to buy Clear Channel in November 2006. The deal has had a bumpy ride, facing investor dissent, declining business conditions in the radio industry, regulatory delays and jittery environment for funding debt-rich deals like Clear Channel.Related Scrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' ... -
2/4/2008 5:32 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Buyout Firm's No Comment Deepens Clear Channel Deal WorriesExcerpt from CNNMoney THL Partners and Bain Capital agreed to buy Clear Channel in November 2006. The deal has had a bumpy ride, facing investor dissent, declining business conditions in the radio industry, regulatory delays and jittery environment for funding debt-rich deals like Clear Channel.Related Scrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' ... -
2/4/2008 5:32 PM
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Buyout Firm's No Comment Deepens Clear Channel Deal WorriesExcerpt from CNNMoney THL Partners and Bain Capital agreed to buy Clear Channel in November 2006. The deal has had a bumpy ride, facing investor dissent, declining business conditions in the radio industry, regulatory delays and jittery environment for funding debt-rich deals like Clear Channel.Related Scrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' ... -
2/4/2008 5:48 PM
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Clear Channel Communications, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger with Private Equity Group Co-Led By Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.SAN ANTONIO, TX, September 25, 2007 - Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE:CCU), a global leader in the radio broadcasting and out-of-home advertising industries, announced today that, based on a preliminary vote count, Clear Channel shareholders approved the adoption of the merger agreement with a group led by T.H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Bain Capital Partners, LLC. The transaction remains subject to requisite regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The number of shares voted in favor of the ... -
2/4/2008 6:38 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Our grassroots coordinator, Heidi Thiess had discovered that Real Clear Politics was the online clearhouse for polling data that was used to determine if a candidate was viable for the debates.I find this press release interesting that Nielsen Company is an affiliated company of Bain Capital.Real Clear Politics is a Nielson Company.RelatedClear Channel Communications, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger with Private Equity Group Co-Led By Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.Fox News Is Skewing Early GOP PrimariesScrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt ... -
2/4/2008 6:38 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Our grassroots coordinator, Heidi Thiess had discovered that Real Clear Politics was the online clearhouse for polling data that was used to determine if a candidate was viable for the debates.I find this press release interesting that Nielsen Company is an affiliated company of Bain Capital.Real Clear Politics is a Nielson Company.RelatedClear Channel Communications, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger with Private Equity Group Co-Led By Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.Fox News Is Skewing Early GOP PrimariesScrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt ... -
2/4/2008 6:39 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Our grassroots coordinator, Heidi Thiess had discovered that Real Clear Politics was the online clearhouse for polling data that was used to determine if a candidate was viable for the debates.I find this press release interesting that Nielsen Company is an affiliated company of Bain Capital.Real Clear Politics is a Nielson Company.RelatedClear Channel Communications, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger with Private Equity Group Co-Led By Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.Fox News Is Skewing Early GOP PrimariesScrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt ... -
2/4/2008 6:43 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Our grassroots coordinator, Heidi Thiess had discovered that Real Clear Politics was the online clearhouse for polling data that was used to determine if a candidate was viable for the debates.I find this press release interesting that Nielsen Company is an affiliated company of Bain Capital.Real Clear Politics is a Nielson Company.RelatedClear Channel Communications, Inc. Shareholders Approve Merger with Private Equity Group Co-Led By Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.Fox News Is Skewing Early GOP PrimariesScrutiny of 3Com, Bain Capital and Huawei 3Com Schedules Vote on $2.2B Bain Buyout Bain Capital, China and Panopolies Mitt ... -
2/7/2008 4:46 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
In September 2007, 3Com was acquired by Bain Capital Partners for about $2.2 billion in cash. As part of the deal, Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies wants to take a minority stake of 10% in 3Com. This business relationship has caused a security review by CFIUS.I'm disturbed to see that Huawei Technologies has signed business agreements with Irancell, in Iran. Wouldn't this violate the Defense Authorization Bill for Bain Capital?China seems to have quite a history with keeping American Off Balance.Related: Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' Iran's state media announced its first successful space research rocket ... -
2/7/2008 4:46 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
In September 2007, 3Com was acquired by Bain Capital Partners for about $2.2 billion in cash. As part of the deal, Chinese networking giant Huawei Technologies wants to take a minority stake of 10% in 3Com. This business relationship has caused a security review by CFIUS.I'm disturbed to see that Huawei Technologies has signed business agreements with Irancell, in Iran. Wouldn't this violate the Defense Authorization Bill for Bain Capital?China seems to have quite a history with keeping American Off Balance.Related: Mitt Romney's New 'Tiger Song' Iran's state media announced its first successful space research rocket ... -
2/18/2008 10:38 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Xu Zhijun told the Financial Times that security concerns are bullshitHuawei Technologies is angry about security concerns expressed over the buy-out of 3Com. Chief marketing officer Xu Zhijun told the Financial Times the concerns are "bullshit". US-based private equity firm Bain Capital will buy 83.5 percent in 3Com for USD 2.2 billion while Huawei will take a minority interest of 16.5 percent. There are concerns in the US as 3Com supplies intrusion prevention technology to the defence department to protect the Pentagon against cyber attacks. The chairman of the Republican policy committee in the House of Representatives, Thaddeus McCotter, ... -
2/26/2008 12:17 PM
Bar Of Integrity wrote:
Must read by Charles Smith at NewsMax! Excellent background Charles! Thank you. Chinese Takeover Bid of 3Com FailsImportant Excerpt:Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revealed that he was completely in the dark about the deal. The admission by Gates echoed similar confessions by the Pentagon top brass that they also were unaware of the buyout. The Defense Department and the U.S. intelligence agencies were surprised by the proposed deal and had to scramble in order to get it reviewed for national security reasons. The failure at the Defense Department is attributed to the Defense Technology Security Agency ...







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