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+1 I don't get it, don't they get paid at NIST? Do they have moral values and ethics? Or it's okay to say " Hey NSA pressed us really hard to backdoor you all. So yes we did it, but we didn't really want to ", they are not judged for their initial intentions, they are judged for their wrongdoings. The NSA could say that (was said many times actually) the data retention in the end of the day is to protect America agai…
You seem to be assuming there's something NIST could have done about it. Based on what I've read, that doesn't seem to be the case. It seems like the NSA squeezed everyone else out so that they were the only ones calling the shots.
To clarify all that, I'm not arguing your point as I now understand it; I'm just suggesting why you've found some opposition to it as you stated it.