This same narrative has been massaged into hundreds of stories on the attacks.  These news outlets are doing surveillance-crazed politicians&#x27; bidding for them by creating the public perception that these people would still be alive were it not for encryption.  Perhaps the Times realized how dangerously stupid this narrative is and is working to do something about it.<p>We are told that if we stop going to the mall or sporting events out of fear, then the terrorists win.  They also win if we lose our privacy rights in response to this or any other attack.