Brings to mind this lovely quote from the Snowden documents:

“The road to developing this standard was smooth once the journey began... However, beginning the journey was a challenge in finesse ... After some behind-the-scenes finessing with the head of the Canadian national delegation and with C.S.E., the stage was set for N.S.A. to submit a rewrite of the draft ... Eventually, N.S.A. became the sole editor.”

https://macleans.ca/society/technology/nsa-says-it-finessed-...