The anti-authoritarians appointed by Donald Trump have lately been doing such an outstanding job reducing government control over communications networks that Sunday’s report from the website Axios came as something of a shock. “Trump national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation’s mobile network to guard against China,” the online publication reported. Axios also published a PowerPoint deck and a memo, “both produced by a senior National Security Council official...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 29, 2018 20:16 UTC