I'd agree with you, but this has already happened when IBM sold its Fab [1] to Global-Foundries which is owned by Mubadala Investment Company from the U.A.E IB

I'd agree with you, but this has already happened when IBM sold its Fab [1] to Global-Foundries which is owned by Mubadala Investment Company from the U.A.E IBM's Fab was on the DoD trusted foundry list [2] Slide 13, Intel's is not. There's an article that already rang this alarm around national-security when IBM divested itself of its Fab. [3] 1. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2837426/ibms-chip-business-sale-gets-national-security-scrutiny.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2837426/ibms-chip-busi... 2. http://jteg.ncms.org/wp-content/files/documents/DoD%20Trusted%20Foundry%20Program_9Jan2013.pdf http://jteg.ncms.org/wp-content/files/documents/DoD%20Truste... 3. https://semiengineering.com/a-crisis-in-dods-trusted-foundry-program/ https://semiengineering.com/a-crisis-in-dods-trusted-foundry...