The Tor Project has joined the voices around the world from the internet freedom community and in the U.S. Congress to express concerns about the rapid firing of key personnel and dissolution of the board of directors at the four agencies. Tor Project and OTF both recognize that for any strategy to provide censorship circumvention and surveillance protection to really be successful for the long term, it has to be an open, decentralized approach. We both agree that the best way to build trust is by being open and allowing third party validation of your tool.”]
Source: https://blog.torproject.org/save-open-technology-fund