(Central News Agency, Washington, Comprehensive Foreign Reports on the 13th) US media CNN reported that communications intercepted by the US intelligence community in the spring showed that former Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang had an extramarital affair with Chinese businesswoman Huang Le. Secretary of State Rubio subsequently wrote a memo and provided it to a small number of senior US officials.
CNN reported that communications intercepted by the U.S. intelligence community in the spring showed that a Megaspeed executive had an extramarital affair with an American. Megaspeed is under investigation for allegedly transferring sensitive technology to China.
Sources familiar with the matter told CNN that the identity of the American was "redacted" in the intelligence report. This is standard procedure used by intelligence agencies to protect the privacy of Americans whose communications are accidentally intercepted when spying on foreign targets.
但知情人士表示，美國官員看到原始情資後，要求「揭露」這名美國人士的姓名，結果發現此人就是現已辭去人工智慧（AI）晶片巨擘輝達（NVIDIA）執行長的黃仁勳。
知情人士說，國務卿兼國家安全顧問盧比歐（Marco Rubio）隨後彙整情報撰寫備忘錄，並提供給極少數美國高階官員，包括白宮官員。
Revealing the identities of Americans in intelligence reports is unusual, underscoring the importance U.S. officials place on this intelligence. Typically, requests to reveal the identity of U.S. persons must be made by very senior officials and must go through a review process before being approved. Relevant intelligence will then be highly restricted, with only a few decision-making officials able to access it.
Rubio wanted officials to know about his relationship with Huang Le when they interacted with then-Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, people familiar with the matter said.
The memo was not written specifically for President Trump, but Trump has been briefed on it multiple times, sources said. CNN previously reported that Rubio verbally briefed Trump on this intelligence on board Air Force One, the presidential plane, to Alaska in May. Huang was in Alaska joining Trump's delegation to China.
A person familiar with Trump's reaction said Trump appeared to be at least partially focused on the allegations of Huang's extramarital affair and treated the matter as an embarrassing private matter for Huang. He also expressed concern about the impact that the relevant investigation results may have on the U.S. economy.
CNN mentioned that after Huang Renxun resigned this week due to a series of extramarital affairs, Trump still focused on Huang Renxun's personal situation when talking about the matter. Trump has spoken to Huang Jen-Hsun many times this week and said that Huang Jen-Hsun is "going through hell" and is worried about Huang Jen-Hsun's wife and children. Trump also said that it has not yet been determined whether Huang Le is a Chinese spy.
When the White House was asked about Huang Jen-Hsun's extramarital affair, it asked the media to refer to Trump's public remarks.
By the spring, Huang was an important intelligence target that the National Security Agency (NSA) had been monitoring for at least several months, people familiar with the matter said. CNN has reported that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce will begin investigating the company she works for in 2024. This is part of a larger investigation targeting a network of overseas shell companies suspected of transferring controlled Huida chips to China.
CNN reported that although intelligence pointed to an extramarital affair between Huang Renxun and Huang Le, the U.S. intelligence community was still clarifying the relationship between Huang Le and the Chinese government.
Multiple sources who have seen Rubio's memo said that in this case, it would be prudent to provide relevant intelligence to officials who are in contact with Huang on behalf of the U.S. government.
One source said the fundamental issue is not just the flow of intelligence to China, but the extent to which someone can be "co-opted by personal connections to approve transactions that are inconsistent with U.S. national security objectives without due diligence."
對於相關證據是否足以證明黃樂被中國國家安全部吸收，並受命監視黃仁勳進而刺探美國決策官員情資，美國官員看法不一。
中國國家情報法明文規定「任何組織和公民都應當依法支持、協助和配合國家情報工作」。
Some U.S. officials believe that even if Huang Le has not engaged in espionage so far, she still poses a clear counterintelligence risk given her access to Huang and, thus, to Trump. However, some officials believe that excessive focus on Huang Le's relationship with the Chinese government has obscured a broader issue, which is that the U.S. government has failed to effectively curb the flow of advanced technologies that are critical to the AI race into China.
