Come, on, people, this is ridiculous. Why would the government do this?
The kernel has Linus' name all over it. If they see it in Finland, they go
talk to him and ask him whether he's taken steps to prevent the illegal
export of the software. They don't need to go through all the cr*p you're
outlining.
> I have always been under the impression that the CIA would just shoot
> someone who put them in such a position. But maybe I'm wrong and the CIA
> is really a caring organization with the interests of American residents
> at heart, and that it's officers are fine law abiding citizens who would
> never kill anyone.
The CIA isn't responsible for decryption--that falls to the NSA. And no,
they're not omnipotent, hard as that may be to believe. Can we turn off
the paranoia and get back to kernel development?
Mike Stone