I don't understand that logic? The NSA's mission is not to find exploits, it's just a means to an end. If they released the problems they find, there is literal

I don't understand that logic? The NSA's mission is not to find exploits, it's just a means to an end. If they released the problems they find, there is literally no business case to justify the NSA spending money on finding exploits to then have them closed. Arguments like that would make more sense to suggest that a new agency is setup to find and fix faults in software. You're keeping the agency's mission focused. Problem with an agency like that is that in effect it's government support for software companies. Microsoft, Google, Apple could cut back on security processes because they know the tax payer is picking up the tab. Government shouldn't be in the market, they should hold the market to account for bad actors. We should make having security breaches a painful cost. The market would adjust to meet the macro economic environment.