I think that's rather the point. Bernstein has had the constitution to call out the nonsense of the NSA-influenced IETF working groups before it was fashionable

I think that's rather the point. Bernstein has had the constitution to call out the nonsense of the NSA-influenced IETF working groups before it was fashionable to do so. I don't think it'd be ironic to consider him as a replacement for an NSA employee on the way out due to that concern.