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And of course their own compiler.

Based on what I've read (which admittedly isn't a whole lot), it sounds like they need to take a few minutes to read Ken Thompson's "Reflections on Trusting Trust"[1].

[1]: http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html

Thanks, this was a really interesting read.

And their own chip manufacturing[1].

1. http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/homes/kingst/Research_files/king08.pd...

I really doubt that a politician/bureaucrat would really get that.

hey that's a very good point.i've heard NSA makes it's own CPU,memory etc..is that true??