It is not clear how the NSA may have obtained the hard drives' source code. Probably just a nicely worded letter: To whom it may concern, Under the a

It is not clear how the NSA may have obtained the hard drives' source code. Probably just a nicely worded letter: To whom it may concern, Under the authority of Executive Order 12333 and pursuant to Title 18 USC Section 2709, you are hereby compelled to provide the NSA with the source code of the firmware of your company's line of hard-drive products.