It's just reverse psychology. They have the means to break, degrade or bypass the encryption and they emit statements like these so people remain confident tha

It's just reverse psychology. They have the means to break, degrade or bypass the encryption and they emit statements like these so people remain confident that they're not being spied on. This routinely happens after leaks reveal that certain type of traffic is being targeted. In this particular case, Wikileaks. In the past after all the PRISM collusion was revealed, all the PRISM partners started their PR campaigns showing their "commitment to privacy", and the soap opera with law enforcement agencies claiming they couldn't decrypt devices. In reality they have many tricks they have used for years now, like setting up a fake cell antenna, impersonate a phone carrier to take over a device.