The title of this post is the inside joke and unofficial motto of National Security Agency spooks. It’s not quite “all others,” though; spooks monitor whomever they’re tasked to monitor. But who is considered “God” by today’s spooks? Whomever they’re told, I suppose, and that depends on which way the wind blows.
I’m still flummoxed how President Obama can state that he will no longer monitor world leaders yet seems okay with recording Grandma’s calls. With all due respect, Mr. President, world leaders are fair game! That’s why we built this colossal monitoring institution: to find out what the world is doing. The operative word here is “world.” American taxpayers aren’t handing over their money so they themselves can be monitored, they’re expecting you to go after the bad guys who dwell outside of America’s borders.
When our President is skittish about monitoring foreign leaders yet doesn’t bat an eye at monitoring ordinary Americans there are priorities somewhere that are seriously out of whack.