My claim was not the absurd one. The absurd claim was that SE-Linux constituted concrete proof Americans could trust Linux, which was easily discredited.
If you didn't want to debate the finer points of NSA practices, why did you even enter the discussion then. You have offered little more than the original poster who attempted to make the point.
Oh, come on. I made it quite clear in my previous post why. But look... never mind, OK? I let my emotions get the better of me. I'm not going to change your mind about the evils you perceive in Linux, so I'll go back over here in the lurker's corner, now.