US State Dept to limit Chinese computer use: source

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US State Dept to limit Chinese computer use: source
Thu May 18, 2006 1:00 PM ET




WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department, reacting to security concerns
after its purchase of computers from a Chinese company, will not use the
equipment for classified information, an aide to Virginia Republican Rep.
Frank Wolf said on Thursday.

In March, the State Department said it had purchased a batch of computers
from China's Lenovo Group Ltd..

At the time, Michael Wessel, a member of the congressionally created
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said the purchase should
be investigated, especially if codes embedded into the computers could be
remotely activated.

The security concerns came shortly after Congress pressured a state-owned
Arab company, Dubai Ports World, into walking away from plans to manage
several U.S. port terminals.

"The computers will not be used for transmitting classified information,"
said the congressman's aide, who asked not to be identified.

A Lenovo official on Thursday said he was still gathering information on
Wolf's news conference and declined to comment.

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