I strongly agree. The NSA has an extremely tangential role in how this is happening. TC has many sponsors, all of whom are interested in hiring extremely shar

I strongly agree. The NSA has an extremely tangential role in how this is happening. TC has many sponsors, all of whom are interested in hiring extremely sharp programmers, and the NSA participates as a member of that set. This particular contest was sponsored by the NSA, and the next might be sponsored by Intel or AMD. That's just how they pay the bills.