NSA and IETF, part 5 (opens in new tab)

Remember how IETF claims that its decision-making "requires achieving broad consensus"? And claims that "anyone can participate" in IETF by simply "signing up to a working group mailing list", the list that carries out all "official work" of the working group? Also, remember how IETF/IRTF chairs claim to be "little more than group secretaries"?