‘If it was just criminals that used these things, the devices would have been made illegal – they weren’t.

‘They were used for important people to have secure conversations without them falling into the wrong hands.

‘If you are someone from the media or a politician you have the justification for having one.

Also:

And French authorities admitted yesterday although the system was used by criminals, at least ten per cent were legitimate, innocent users.

That doesn't bode well, does it? If we were to do a Venn Diagram for that I suspect the circles would sit just about ontop of eachother. Politicians = Criminals.