When they say "Huawei kit is backdoored by the PRC" the implicit message is "but probably not us." For some audiences, there's definitely a case to be made for

When they say "Huawei kit is backdoored by the PRC" the implicit message is "but probably not us." For some audiences, there's definitely a case to be made for "well, every officer in the PRC government from a truancy-officer on up can read your email, but the FBI (or any local LEO who can construct some flimsy National Security premise t them) can't."