I absolutely agree that in cases where it can be proven, or it is reasonably suspected, that there is criminal or terrorist activity afoot that the various law

I absolutely agree that in cases where it can be proven, or it is reasonably suspected, that there is criminal or terrorist activity afoot that the various law enforcement agencies should be able to get access to online communications. Luckily, this is the case already and additional laws won't strengthen this - they will simply remove the need for the burden of proof or suspicion. It all still boils down to a "trust us, we're on your side" refrain, yet at the same time there is no acknowledgement of the already exposed over-reach that is going on - and in fact, there is an explicit denial/rubbishing of one specific claim. They can't have our trust and lie to us at the same time - what they're effectively saying isn't, "trust us, we're on your side", it's "you can't trust us, but don't sweat it we're not coming for you yet".