[rrcaptain]

It's also possible Bloomberg's sources are lying to them. It's not unwarranted for intelligence agencies to leak things to the press deliberately to create a story.

[moftz]

It seems irresponsible to leak information that could be so damaging to multiple American companies just to prop up a single tech journalist.

[rrcaptain]

I doubt they're trying to prop up a single tech journalist. If I had to speculate on intelligence agency motivations I'd speculate that they're trying to attack SuperMicro.