NYT on GSM Hack

[Duncan Frissell]

>   researchers believe they have
>   stumbled across evidence that the system was deliberately
>   weakened to permit Government surveillance.

I seem to recall that it was officially announced when the current GSM standard was released that it had been weakened at the request of European governments.  

Is this an example of anti-government advertising and promotion?  Counting on the fact that no one will recall that we already knew this.

DCF