I am convinced by your argument that Eric Rescorla is indeed a respectable person and not working for NSA secretly, but your flagging the question is too much.

I am convinced by your argument that Eric Rescorla is indeed a respectable person and not working for NSA secretly, but your flagging the question is too much. The Snowden leaks slaps every one in the face who sees every conspiracy theorist as a lunatic, so it is perfectly reasonable for people to question even the slightest appearance of NSA infiltration.