said by Snowy:Fair enough.
The largest reason for keeping the software at arms length is a respect for the the adage "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" and applying that to current day reality.
"Beware of The NSA bearing gifts"
Not that I'm against The NSA - I'd just place more emphasis on the verify part of "Trust but Verify".
FWIW - the NSA developed and contributed SELinux after Linus was unwilling to devote any time or resources to it.
In other words just about every modern linux kernel already has a significant chunk of NSA code in it.
The barn doors haven't just been left open - they've been completely removed
