Subject: NYTimes Story re: Huawei
From: Dennis Amari <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:21:44 -0400

March 23, 2014

Mr. Podesta,
I made your acquaintance some years ago when I was at Bellcore prior to
your service to President Clinton.  I reach out to you today in my current
role as Director of Government Relations for Huawei Technologies, Inc.
(USA) and yours as Counselor to the President with responsibility for big
data and privacy issues.

You are no doubt aware of the report on the front page of the New York
Times about the penetration of Huawei's equipment and internal servers by
the National Security Agency (NSA).  In light of the story, I write to
request your indulgence for the opportunity to meet with you, informally
and perhaps over coffee.  Of course, the company is concerned about the
veracity of the story and the ongoing concerns of the U.S. government's
concern about the company and its ownership, relationship to, and its
complicity in cyber attacks and surveillance by the Chinese government and
military.  The company has denied all of these, but despite efforts to be
more forthcoming and transparent, clearly the company has not done so to
the satisfaction of virtually any government official.

Our objective in meeting with you is not to try to persuade you or to be
confrontational, by any means.  Instead we seek answers about the story and
to get your guidance on how we can move forward cooperatively.  You may not
be in the best position to do the former; still, we seek to your counsel.

I am using my personal email account rather than my Huawei email address,
but would be extremely grateful for a response by whatever means suits you.
 My contact information is below.  The meeting would only involve myself
and my boss, Bill Plummer, VP for External Affairs. who is quoted in the
story.  We would her happy to meet at a time and place of your convenience.

Thank you.  I greatly appreciate your consideration of this request.

Regards,
Dennis J. Amari
Director, Government Relations
Huawei Technologies, Inc. (USA)
875 15th Street, NW
Suite 825
Washington DC 20005
work:  202-289-6510; [email-masked]
mobile:  202-302-5043
email: [email-masked]