<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>zaxomi</author><text>&amp;gt; It is a “near certainty” Beijing was aware of the conversations between Intel and its Chinese tech partners, because authorities there routinely monitor all such communications, Mr. Williams said.&lt;p&gt;Doesn&amp;#x27;t that mean that it is a “near certainty” that the U.S. Government was aware of it, because authorities (NSA, etc) routinely monitor all such communications?</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. Government</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-warned-chinese-companies-of-chip-flaws-before-u-s-government-1517157430</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>phkahler</author><text>The US government is not a PC maker. The goal of the disclosure was to help companies figure out how to patch systems. Why would anyone expect the government to be notified first?</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Intel Warned Chinese Companies of Chip Flaws Before U.S. Government</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/intel-warned-chinese-companies-of-chip-flaws-before-u-s-government-1517157430</url></story>