They’d be concerned about (known-ish) bad actors getting commits into Linux without anyone catching it, and probably want to tell the foundation to start red-teaming the kernel commit process.

What's the source of your information that some US government agency has control and/or influence over Linux developers? Also in this case, what makes "US" special? Your comment sounds like American exceptionalism all over to me.

> What's the source of your information that some US government agency has control and/or influence over Linux developers?

(I'm not the user you're replying to.)

Nothing, frankly. But why can't any agency tell them that red-teaming is a good idea? DHS Cybersecurity is interested in keeping Linux secure, so it will tell them.

There's no "American exceptionalism" in the parent comment, just that the US is a pretty influential country and it may want to give its opinion.