No, the easy answer is that the same idiots run GCHQ that are employed in other government branches and they sent the trained equivalent of metalworkers to destroy these things, and they accordingly proceeded to hack into every computery looking piece.

I think this part gets lost in the cloak and dagger stories that dominate the media. No, the NSA and GCHQ have not revolutionized computing, they run the same shitty Java enterprise stuff designed by thieving contractors we all do. Just take a look at their hideous powerpoint presentations.