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IIRC (but don't quote me on it), it had some vulnerability, and was gag-ordered to not touch it by some government, and that was the extent to which they could.
I've read multiple times that no vulnerability has ever been found, so I'm interested in knowing more about this.
The Internet was rife with rumors at the time, this is likely just an echo of the rampant speculation that was occurring.
It was around the time that TOR hidden services were making their way into mainstream tech circles (and law enforcement) and people were getting arrested with encrypted hard drives and law enforcement was upset that they couldn't subpoena Mathematics and force it to turn over the keys.
So, when ~~Bitlocker~~ Truecrypt stopped updating and the message appeared people just tied it into the things that were happening at the time.
I think you wanted to say truecrypt
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My brain and fingers are conspiring to make me look dumb.