WASHINGTON—Department of Defense (DOD) officials bought $30 million worth of computers and related equipment from Chinese companies last year, despite repeated warnings that doing so risked creating cybersecurity weaknesses in the U.S. military, according to Sen. Joni Ernst.
For that reason, the Iowa Republican—who is a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel—gave the Pentagon her latest, little-coveted “Squeal Award” for worst government waste.
