Saw a report a few weeks ago that, on average, 8 of 11 (now 16) signatures in any given ring were linked to the NSA....

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At least try making your FUD somewhat believable by learning how it works. You can't choose what transactions you are decoys for. That would also have zero effect on Monero's hidden amounts and receivers.
The point wasn't that they were choosing specific transactions, but that they were such a high percentage of the whole network that it resulted in that. The extent to which that participation was useful in undermining the network was undetermined.