[snakeanus]

> But a backdoor is not necessary

> the company gets an all-access pass to every corner of a user’s computer network, including all applications, files and emails.

Isn't that a possible definition of a backdoor?

> is waging a cyberwar

Cyberwar is a codeword for "I have no idea what I am talking about".

> I hope to amend it to ban Kaspersky software from all of the federal government.

They should ban all proprietary software instead, that way they will avoid the NSA backdoors as well.