"A horrible symbol of America."
True, it is a horrible symbol, however, it's harmless to us now. All of the comms gear has been vastly outdated and its purpose, after all, was comms intercept. There is one particular piece of equipment on the ship that, no doubt, was a particular concern, a highly secure means of communications but I suspect that either the Korcoms didn't know how to operate it or the NSA made it irrelevant.
Correct.