> “But when we see now that unmonitored communication is really an enabler for crime, then we have to do something.”

Fixed for her.

"Nothing someone says before the word 'but' really counts".

I think that's the unstated part: Encryption doesn't handicap law enforcement if they weren't monitoring the communication anyway.

[Edit: Though in fairness, if they weren't monitoring everything but then decided they had grounds - or even (gasp) a warrant - to monitor a specific set of communications, then encryption handicaps law enforcement.]