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Re:The SIMON and SPECK Families of Lightweight Block Ciphers by hispeedencrypt on Thursday June 20, 2013 @11:05PM (#5916290)
May I ask what convinced you they were a center of excellence in the 90's? I ask this sincerely, not in rebuttal.

What do you make of the comments of Binney that NSA was caught sleeping (for lack of a better phrase) by 9/11? Why the need to "transform" the agency? He said he headed a group that was responsible for instituting change in the organization. I believe they even had "change" in the name given to the group. It sure seems like they want(ed) to morph into something they were not previously.

Re:The SIMON and SPECK Families of Lightweight Block Ciphers by tptacek on Friday June 21, 2013 @11:15AM (#5918416)
I'm a professional in this field and closely acquainted with many people who worked there in the '90s.

I don't care what Binney said.