A couple of key flaws here: * There isn't a market failure. There's plenty of market incentive to stop DDOS attacks, network intrusions, etc., and there are ma

A couple of key flaws here: * There isn't a market failure. There's plenty of market incentive to stop DDOS attacks, network intrusions, etc., and there are many well-paid cyber-security firms as a result of it. It's unclear how NSA or military involvement would be a net improvement to security, given their own inability to secure their networks. * The NSA's offensive operations can undermine it's defense roles. I suppose there's a chance that introducing a backdoor into an encryption standard ultimately helps cybersecurity -- e.g. you intercept a message from the Prime Minister of Country X detailing its plans to hack a particular target -- but it seems MUCH MORE likely those backdoors will simply be used against us.