From: smb@research.att.com
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 94 06:27:44 PST
To: cypherpunks
Subject: Re: DES Question
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	 Mainly to sabotage the performance of DES software implementations.
	 Even back then the government knew it was much easier to control
	 the dissemination of hardware than software.

Are you sure?  I got the distinct impression it was related to
serial/parallel conversions on the chips of the time.