Next round of Edward Snowden leaks: "NSA created and funded 'open whisper systems' as a way to get people to think their calls were encrypted when in reality calls went straight to the NSA..."
https://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/fellowship/fellows/cu...
But it appears he personally only "helps" Open Whisper Systems:
http://www.thoughtcrime.org/blog/we-should-all-have-somethin...
"I help work on Open Source security and privacy apps at Open Whisper Systems"
On more accurate side, see also 2013 report of Open Technology Fund which granted 445K USD directly to the Open Whisper Systems in 2013.
Tor was created by the US
"US. Government Funded Your Favorite ‘NSA-Proof’ Apps"
http://revolution-news.com/us-government-funds-favorite-nsa-...
"Radio Free Asia funds many software projects through its Open Technology Fund." (...) "The Open Technology Fund listed Open Whisper Systems as accepting $455,000 in 2013."
Open technology fund 2013 report:
https://www.opentechfund.org/sites/default/files/attachments...
"Open Whisper Systems $455,000"
https://www.opentechfund.org/about
"the Open Technology Fund (OTF) was created in early 2012 from U.S. Government (USG) funds and sustained by annual grants from the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) as a program of Radio Free Asia (RFA)"