It's sure getting tougher to be a conspiracy theorist these days. "We own the science" is really "we own the microphone", which isn't the same thing and inevitably places the speaker on the losing side when science has its revenge. It's one reason the Left is constantly changing their story.
Still, it's a refreshing bit of candor, spoken by someone who thinks it's safe because there's nothing anyone can do about it. In Greek this is hubris. Nemesis follows.