CDR: Re: Rijndael & Hitachi

[Julian Assange]

>          That a Belgian cryptosystem was eventually selected as the 
> American AES may make it easier to dismiss those fears overseas, and may 
> hasten the adoption of AES internationally. Full AES standardization and 
> interoperability, a good thing, should come more quickly.

Not so, inprepid Vin. A Belgian cipher was chosen simply because
the NSA was able to operate with relative impunity in that region,
in which it has huge per-capita deployment, compared to a similar
actions on its own soil.

Cheers,
Julian.