Intel's quote saying that they do not do that, nor do they have access, could be true. However their statements allow for the possibility that someone else designs backdoors, puts them in, and can use them.

> "Intel does not and will not design backdoors for access into its products."

> "Intel does not put back doors in its products nor do our products give Intel control or access to computing systems without the explicit permission of the end user."

It would be much easier to say, "there are no backdoors", but they don't.