Senator Eyes New Report on US Chips Found in Russian Arms
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which has been looking into how U.S. computing chips have ended up in Russian weapons, hopes to issue a new report on its work before year’s end, the panel’s chairman said Nov. 20.
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The report will address the continuing flow of chips to Russia “by companies and countries that are complicit,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Export Compliance Daily.
Asked whether the investigation will continue beyond the report's release, Blumenthal replied, “We’ll see.”
Blumenthal will lose the chairmanship when Republicans take control of the Senate in January. However, a spokesperson for Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who will become chairman, said, “Continuing that particular investigation would be up to Sen. Blumenthal if he stays on as ranking member.”
Blumenthal said earlier this year that Russia uses third-party intermediaries and bordering countries to evade U.S restrictions and that U.S. chipmakers are not doing enough to counter such diversion efforts (see 2402270065 and 2409100069). Chipmakers have said they’re increasing their scrutiny of products found in Russian arms (see 2409110064).