Michael Riley at Bloomberg writes that not only did the NSA reportedly know about Heartbleed for years, but they allegedly exploited Heartbleed for their own information-gathering purposes:

The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.

Isn't the NSA supposed to protect Americans? What the fuck are they supposed to be protecting us from, if not what is likely the largest cybercrime in the history of the world?

UPDATE 3:58 PM: The NSA denies this news, saying they weren't previously aware of Heartbleed. So I guess the question is: How much do you trust the NSA?