TBH, if this was a security touchpoint, they should have done it 15 years ago. Or maybe they should have had a programme to subsidize the cost of Cisco kit to

TBH, if this was a security touchpoint, they should have done it 15 years ago. Or maybe they should have had a programme to subsidize the cost of Cisco kit to make sure they couldn't get a foothold in the data centre in the first place. I recall they did some big dog-and-pony show where they got GCHQ to do some audits, but it always seemed like the result was pre-cooked. There was a specific, obviously politically-infused outcome planned from day 1, and no amount of audits, disclosures, or compliance guarantees would ever make them politically acceptable for the US. Sort of makes me think of the Iraqi WMD inspections, or the Iranian nuclear deal.