Tor was started at the Naval Research Laboratory. There are smart, hard-working people in government service. The politicians, however, often have monied intere

Tor was started at the Naval Research Laboratory. There are smart, hard-working people in government service. The politicians, however, often have monied interests involved in preventing efficiency (pork barrel politics). Because of the pork barrelling, you will definitely meet people at every level, but especially at lower levels, who play "rice bowl" politics: "woah, there's paperwork to fill out for that, and it's my job to fill out that paperwork. Don't you do that until I fill out this paperwork." Ok, how long will that take? "I can probably have it done in a week." It's a single half-sheet of paper, are you sure it will take a week? "Yeah, maybe two." But from the politician's perspective, a job's a job, so he'll have that job for a long time.