You don't even need to ask if the NSA broke the encryption to answer the question "Is this standard effectively compromised and not suitable for use?" Based on

You don't even need to ask if the NSA broke the encryption to answer the question "Is this standard effectively compromised and not suitable for use?" Based on what we already know, keeping in mind the goal of encryption in the first place, the answer is "yes." But it is also a decent assumption to think that it is precisely the NSA that has broken the standard in light of the recent reporting by the NYT.