I&#x27;m not asking you to generate arguments a hypothetical NSA proponent <i>might</i> use, from a person who assures us (s)he finds them unconvincing.  Far from evidence against groupthink, that&#x27;s evidence <i>in favor</i> of it.<p>I&#x27;m asking you to recount specific instances when an NSA proponent <i>did</i> make arguments here, that they themselves held, at the risk of their own social capital.