> Leaving pretty much the entire IT infrastructure vulnerable seems like a very dangerous strategy. From NSA's perspective? I'm not so sure. A severe attack on

> Leaving pretty much the entire IT infrastructure vulnerable seems like a very dangerous strategy. From NSA's perspective? I'm not so sure. A severe attack on US infrastructure would probably mean just more money and more legal power thrown at NSA to "fix it". Then NSA will continue to do what they've done so far - put most of that "security" money, into offensive capabilities. So the cycle will continue, as the systems remain vulnerable.