Intel intercepts implicating Jensen Huang in affair sparked classified Rubio memo
The US intelligence community intercepted communications in the spring indicating that an executive of Megaspeed, a company under investigation for possibly diverting sensitive technology to China, was having an affair with a US person. The American was “masked” in the intelligence reporting, a standard procedure used by intelligence agencies to protect the privacy of US [...] The post Intel…
US intelligence intercepted communications in the spring indicating an executive of Megaspeed, a company under investigation for diverting sensitive technology to China, was having an affair with a US person. The individual's identity was masked, revealing to be former NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Secretary of State Marco Rubio drafted a memo revealing the intelligence to a small group of senior officials, including those at the White House.
The memo was unusual as it unmasked an American’s identity, and was aimed at alerting officials to Huang’s relationship with the Megaspeed executive Alice Huang. Trump was briefed on the matter multiple times, viewing it as an embarrassing personal matter for Huang. The US intelligence community is still determining the extent of Alice Huang's potential involvement with the Chinese government, while some officials believe she posed a significant counterintelligence risk.
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