https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181214/17055741232/mystery-lobbying-group-using-huawei-security-hysteria-to-target-sprint-t-mobile-merger.shtml

So a few months back, a group mysteriously calling itself "Protect Amerca's Wireless" popped up on the internet and began attacking the Sprint, T-Mobile merger. The campaign, which has all the usual signs of astroturf, takes particular aim at both companies' use of Huawei network hardware -- gear that the organization insists "could give countries like Saudi Arabia, China, Germany, and Japan direct access to our networks through the use of foreign-made networking equipment and billions of foreign money."

In short, the mystery group is piggybacking on the recent hysteria surrounding Huawei to try and scuttle the merger, which is certainly a problematic merger, but largely for employment and competition reasons. Oddly though, the campaign doesn't list its funders on its website, simply insisting the group is a coalition of a few think tanks and some "foreign policy and national security professionals." I reached out to the group for more details on its financing, and was told (falsely) that the group couldn't tell me who backs it because as a 501(c)(3) it's prohibited by law from doing so.