Honestly, the ignorance of American Congress-critters sometimes defies satirists. Everybody else, surely, knows that the world's PCs are designed, built and assembled in Taiwan and in China?

But no! it's a threat to American security. Unscrupulous Chinese peasants will have access to the cream of US technology!

Where are the Dells made? Not in the USA. Where are the Gateways made? Not in the USA.

However, lets add a chip with a secret code. You send the code to the laptop and it stops working forever. Good way to damage your enemy.