Think about it logically for a second. Regardless of the decisions that led up to the inclusion of Intel ME in Intel CPUs (i.e. regardless of whether the CIA wa

Think about it logically for a second. Regardless of the decisions that led up to the inclusion of Intel ME in Intel CPUs (i.e. regardless of whether the CIA was involved or not), compromising Intel ME is still a security risk for Intel customers, so of course they're going to limit access to a select few that they trust, and that the government can trust. I'm fairly certain similar restrictions will also apply to those who are granted access to knowledge about CPU microcode, which is an equally large security risk that nobody with even a basic understanding of how CPUs work is blaming on the CIA.