> it's understandable that those pulling the strings would get worried when a foreign country moves in on their turf

So you and I are in an agreement then!

His motivation is only that the collection is done by a Chinese company. Not that data collection is bad, but rather that he wants the US government to have the authority to access the data via a National Security Letter or through the opaque, secretive FISA court system. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig...