[hnolable]

All the supported curves in TLS are most likely influenced by the US government (NIST, ANSI, and SECG). So we don't really have an option to use curves with a non-US provenance.

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4492#appendix-A or list all openssl curves: $ openssl ecparam -list_curves

[tptacek]

The NIST curves weren't influenced by the US government so much as they were defined by one NSA cryptographer, Jerry Solinas. On the other hand, the rationale behind their generation is pretty straightforward.