VACCINIA@uncvx1.oit.unc.edu says:
Your belief is without evidence. It is a supposition. I'd say the NSA has a lot to lose by putting holes in Skipjack.
How true, yet the NSA also had a lot to lose by putting out a flawed backdoor in Skipjack which essentially negates much of this features (LEAF) value. They did so none the less.
All the evidence is that it was an accident. You contend, without evidence or even a rational reason, that they did it intentionally. I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I operate on evidence and the assumption that people behave in their self interest. NSA had nothing to gain by sabotaging their own efforts in this manner. Even if they had another back door it is worth their while to make the public back door as good as possible. The notion that they would have done it badly intentionally for no reason when doing it well would be easy is at the very least without evidence or even rational suspicion. What would they possibly have to gain via such an act?
In addition, it is possible that the agency is not alarmed about their LEAF problems because they don't need to use it.
They may be able redesign the system before widespread deployment. Its also in their interest to play mistakes down. How do YOU know they aren't really embarassed? Perry