You're conflating two issues.

FIPS validation means that you're using a reasonable set of algorithms. Like any standard they are imperfect and their development lags the state of the art in some cases. In my daily business, I worry more about casual incompetence, as it has a more direct affect on my boring daily life.

Re: Your rant about the NSA bribing people, etc.

Why do you magically trust OpenBSD? Much of the projects early funding was via DARPA. Whose to say the project leaders aren't NSA plants?