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Re:New NSA Leak Shows MITM Attacks Against Major Internet Se... by socillion on Saturday September 14, 2013 @12:57AM (#6384708)
Great tip! It's not exactly what you laid out, but here's the interview you're probably thinking of (ctrl+f verisign): http://wikileaks.org/Transcript-Meeting-Assange-Schmidt

Quoting Julian Assange: I have been told actually that VeriSign... has actually given keys to the US government. Not all, but a particular key.

Very interesting.

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Re:New NSA Leak Shows MITM Attacks Against Major Internet Se... by pflanze on Saturday September 14, 2013 @09:54AM (#6385544)
I don't get why everybody talks about Verisign or others giving them "keys". The NSA just need certificates for their own key, right? The only private key that Verisign could give them would be their signing key, which seems much too powerful and central for a signing authority to hand out.
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