The classified memo whose leak set off Jensen Huang's fall at Nvidia was Marco Rubio's work, and Rubio built it from a CIA report that he recast "in his own more assertive terms," according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to the Washington Post for a report published Friday.
According to the report, CIA officials are "not yet convinced" that the intelligence gathered on Alice Huang - including intercepted communications - show she was knowingly passing information to Beijing, a source told CNN. Some officials at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have called the spy label "over-torqued," according to the network, while others say her access to Huang, and through him to President Trump, made her a counterintelligence risk whether or not she ever passed anything on.
The memo, overseen by Rubio as secretary of state and national security adviser, went to senior officials in the spring, before Trump's May trip to Beijing, and Rubio also warned Trump in person, as we reported. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Nov. 12 that neither the Justice Department nor the FBI has confirmed whether Alice Huang was a spy, as we READ MORE AT SOURCE »
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