(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio rewrote a CIA intelligence memo to strengthen the conclusions that NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang was engaged in an affair with a Chinese spy. Last week, Huang publicly admitted to the affair and resigned, a victory for members of the administration that favored a more aggressive China policy.
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that a source familiar with the matter said Rubio used a CIA intelligence report to write a new brief “recasting the agency’s reporting in his own more assertive terms.”
Rubio’s report later leaked to the press, and last week, Huang stepped away from the company he founded. Huang had a close relationship with President Donald Trump, and leveraged his friendship to secure NVIDIA’s ability to sell advanced chips to China.
The Post explains that Huang’s exit is “a huge victory” for China hawks in the administration who hope to seize the opportunity to “redirect the national agenda toward tougher policies on China.”
Former officials say the President allowed NVIDIA to sell one of its newest chips to China as an unpopular position inside the administration, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attributing Trump’s decision to an agreement with Huang.
Additionally, some China hawks in Congress are now attempting to pass legislation that would prevent certain chips from being exported. “Huang’s firing from the company he founded is an unfortunate end that could have been avoided,” Rep. John Moolenaar said. “It is in our national interest for NVIDIA and our other AI champions to succeed, but American companies should never jeopardize our nation’s security by giving Chinese companies access to their most advanced chips.”
This article originally appeared at Antiwar.com.
