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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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