Insofar as this specific method of injecting flaws matches a foreign country's work done on U.S. soil - as many people in this thread have speculated - do people here think that U.S. three letter agencies (in particular NSA/CIA) should have the ability to look at whether the researchers are foreign agents/spies, even though the researchers are operating from the United States? For example, should the three letter agencies have the ability to review these researchers' private correspondence and social graphs?
Insofar as those agencies should have this ability, then, when should they use it? If they do use it, and find that someone is a foreign agent, in what way and with whom should they share their conclusions?
Insofar as this specific method of injecting flaws matches a foreign country's work done on U.S. soil - as many people in this thread have speculated - do people here think that U.S. three letter agencies (in particular NSA/CIA) should have the ability to look at whether the researchers are foreign agents/spies, even though the researchers are operating from the United States? For example, should the three letter agencies have the ability to review these researchers' private correspondence and social graphs?
Insofar as those agencies should have this ability, then, when should they use it? If they do use it, and find that someone is a foreign agent, in what way and with whom should they share their conclusions?