> A non profit is independent if they don't take federal money? Like EFF, for example.

The problem is the seat of the non-profit, as long as it is in the US it remains vulnerable to stuff like gag orders (and the UK is similar, see the recent issues with Apple and E2E encryption), or just the administration plainly ignoring the law and just forcing it to shut down or whatnot.

> Maybe CVEs should be tracked by a nongovernmental agency, like how UL works.

The current administration has attacked multiple nongovernmental agencies already, or trampled over federal law.

The only thing I'd trust for now to be a safe haven would be an international organization like the WHO that's backed by diplomatic treaties - but even these aren't safe either, just look at the ICC vs Israel debate, or the constant attacks and conspiracy theories on the WHO.

> as long as it is in the US it remains vulnerable to stuff like gag orders

Only under FISA warrants where you can't reveal the investigation to the public or during a regular trial if the judge determines leaking details of the case will impact justice AFAIK.

> WHO conspiracy theory

OK well we know where you stand on that issue. Too bad pretty much every working molecular biologist agrees that the WHO is covering up COVID origins.