That's less a scheme than a market. Governments can, in fact, create them, if they throw enough of (our) money at the idea. And people were saying that 10 yea

That's less a scheme than a market. Governments can, in fact, create them, if they throw enough of (our) money at the idea. And people were saying that 10 years ago (and properly-scaled versions of the same quite a bit earlier). James Bamford, for one, has made a career out of the history and activities of the place. People didn't laugh at him; they mainly just ignored it.