I used to work for a guy who was an ex NSA man. He had his own company that
built crypto phones and sold them world wide. The Saudis bought them as well
as a few smaller countries. One time he had guy with " a South American
accent" call him to order some phones. He contacted the agency to see if
they had any problems They said no problem, send them on.
I later asked him why this was ok, since he believed he knew where they were
headed. He smiled and told me that he had given they keys to the protocol
that he had written (that the phones used) to the Agency some time before.
He has been out of the business for some time now. He sold these in the
early to mid 80s. So this is old news but it kind of opened my eyes.
