The encryption level prevents even government entities from accessing the information. “RIM cannot accommodate any request for a copy of a customer's encryption key, since at no time does RIM, or any wireless network operator or any third party, ever possess a copy of the key.”[greeleygazette.com]

I sure would have felt a lot better about this statement if they had made it loud and often while they were 'in talks' with these governments over the last few years ...