Honestly, I don&#x27;t doubt at all that intelligence officials would love to exploit FUD about this situation to further their agendas, but this article&#x27;s claim that the NYT article was &quot;blaming encryption&quot; is kind of a stretch.  Read the article linked on archive.org and decide for yourself:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20151115191248&#x2F;http:&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;16&#x2F;world&#x2F;europe&#x2F;paris-attackers-communicated-with-isis-officials-say.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20151115191248&#x2F;http:&#x2F;www.nytimes...</a>