US intelligence officials unmasked the identity of former Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang in intercepted communications that indicated he was having an affair with an executive of a company under investigation over the possible diversion of sensitive technology to China, according to a CNN report.
\n\nThe communications, intercepted in the spring, involved Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, a company being investigated for allegedly diverting sensitive technology to China. The American involved was initially identified only as a "masked" US person, in keeping with standard intelligence procedures designed to protect the identities of US citizens whose communications are collected while monitoring foreign targets.
\n\nHowever, officials who examined the raw intelligence requested that the American's identity be "unmasked", revealing him to be Jensen Huang, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
\n\nUS Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio subsequently drafted a memo summarising the intelligence and circulated it among a small group of senior officials, including at the White House, according to the report.
\n\nThe unmasking of a US citizen's identity in intelligence reporting is unusual. Such requests generally have to be made by a senior official and approved through an adjudication process. The resulting information is also…
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