In a redacted brief filed on Tuesday, China Telecom (Americas) Corporation (CTA) said that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) bucked standard procedure when it voted to revoke CTA’s operating licenses over purported national security concerns. CTA’s opposition comes amidst a tide of federal action against Chinese telecom providers, with last week’s revocation of China Unicom’s (Americas) service authority being the latest. For its part, CTA is fighting the FCC’s November 2 revocation order eliminating its domestic and international common-carrier authorizations. The company initially asked for an emergency stay, but the D.C. Circuit denied the request. Now, CTA argues that the…