In a war, communications networks decide who can see, who can coordinate, and who gets hit. Right now a private contractor paid with federal money can decide to cut off an ally, with no sign-off from anyone voters elected. That is not a business decision. It is foreign policy made by someone nobody chose. Allies fighting for survival cannot plan around one executive's mood. Taxpayers fund these contracts, and they are owed a guarantee that the service will never be used as leverage over our government or our partners. Congress writes the rules for defense contracts. It can require that companies supplying military communications keep service running unless the government directs otherwise, and it can attach public disclosure and real penalties when they do not. Bar federal contractors from cutting off or limiting military communications to U.S. allies without government authorization.
