My comment was a prompt. It was to inspire interesting discussion and debate. It wasn't meant to persuade. It also wasn't meant to be an exhaustive list. I'

My comment was a prompt. It was to inspire interesting discussion and debate. It wasn't meant to persuade. It also wasn't meant to be an exhaustive list. I'm just happy some interesting discussion came of it. That 2x2x2 table isn't complete, by the way. For example, "The NSA came to a different conclusion other than the most politically desirable one" falls nowhere within it. That's why I didn't try to enumerate all possible scenarios, especially the less plausible ones. That would be uncharitable to readers, as well as talking down to them.