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Maybe they dont need to

>The European Commission has told its staff to start using Signal, an end-to-end-encrypted messaging app, in a push to increase the security of its communications.

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-commission-to-staff-switc...

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This is probably more about keeping their communications from the public's prying eyes. In the U.S. this sort of thing is illegal: all intra-government communications must be a matter of record except for oral communications.

Now if only the conversations in which US politicians get bribed (I guess calling it "lobbied" sounds nicer. Especially as a prerequisite to a "donation") would be a matter of public record

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