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

Fixed for her.

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.]

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