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Re:Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer by nitrogen on Friday December 20, 2013 @08:28PM (#6945276)
"As part of the National Security Presidential Directive 54/Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23 (NSPD 54), signed on January 8, 2008 by President Bush, the NSA became the lead agency to monitor and protect all of the federal government's computer networks from cyber-terrorism." [Emphasis added]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA#Mission

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Re:Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer by snowwrestler on Saturday December 21, 2013 @08:38PM (#6948934)
Yes but their funding is not dependent on how secure RSA tokens are.

NSA did this to advance their mission, not to make a few extra bucks.

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Re:Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer by nitrogen on Sunday December 22, 2013 @05:23PM (#6952041)
The point is that it advanced the intelligence gathering half of their mission while seriously compromising the protective half of their mission.
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