I just happen to be speaking to the very reporter who wrote this article prior to him publishing this report. I told him that in 'our world' we don't really emp

I just happen to be speaking to the very reporter who wrote this article prior to him publishing this report. I told him that in 'our world' we don't really emphasize or make much of who introduced the bug, since it is understood that writing secure code is hard. But what required the denial from the developer (and I feel horrible for him) is that this bug gained so much mainstream attention and speculation. It was only a matter of time before a reporter wanting to further the story got in touch with him. He was in a bad situation - don't respond and have that misconstrued or respond and deny and give credence to the theory. We all know that he didn't do it intentionally and in absence of any supporting evidence in all cases these are simple mistakes, but the general public who are currently whipped up in a frenzy around NSA revelations don't know that.