It would be nice if the people who pick up and run with the "reboot" of Truecrypt's project management had a background in cryptography. Do these people?
Hm. Is that Websters definition of "clearly", meaning "easy to perceive, understand, or interpret", or HN's definition, as in "it's clear someone or some agency got to the developers and they just pulled the ejection seat for their own legal protection"?
I was hoping the italics spoke for themselves, but I'd better clarify it's the latter. It seems to be an Internet-wide phenomenon to jump to the most bombastic possible conclusion given a limited set of facts.
The domain is registered to Joseph Doekbrijder [1] who does seem to be working in the area. You might be much more knowledgeable about were to look for his crypto background than I am.
You can rest assured.