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Re:Microsoft Announces Direct Cash Payments For Vulnerabilities by davorak on Thursday June 20, 2013 @12:47AM (#5910218)
This person would just be reporting a exploit and and getting paid for it.

They would not know about the program which takes that exploit and then gives it to the NSA.

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Re:Microsoft Announces Direct Cash Payments For Vulnerabilities by sliverstorm on Thursday June 20, 2013 @03:21AM (#5910688)
And why would a programmer know it was for the NSA? Just tell your underling, "We need a backdoor for <Plausible reason>"
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