Wonderful. Next let us create a program that sneaks under internal security measures put in place by the United States! That way we can inform the world about information that has been deemed sensitive by our government. Ah, but wait...that would be treason.

Was extremely unhappy with this story. For years now there have been three major efforts to do exactly this, all of which have solid support (and funding from) the NGO, NSA, and anti-censorship communities yet NPR chose to run a story on an untested cryptographically flawed application which will do nothing but put Iranian's at risk and divert funds to the flavor of the moment hurting the actual anti-censorship freedom movement to help folk in oppressed nations.

Next time you want to do a story like this I highly recommend you contact Andrew Lewman over at the Tor Project, a solution that is already helping folk in China, Iran, North Korea, and within the censored networks of NSA's and their corporate partners and has a proven track record. Snake oil such as Haystack isn't going to do anything but get somebody killed and it's sad NPR is plugging it.

This is a beautiful concept and mission taken up by Mr. Heap. Congratulations on finding a way to make a big difference in the world. May you have continued support for your work as the battle progresses.