Which includes many, many, many rat bastards, from the CEO of Goldman Sachs to the guy putting a skimmer on the ATM you often use.
My point is that the government aren't the only people trying to fuck us. The private sector, big and small, is trying to do so as well.
I was drawing a parallel with bank security as the same institution-based priorities apply to the NSA. Their version of 'security' primarily involves securing the position of USG and its subsidiaries by monitoring everyone to gain intelligence against possible threats (including the non-criminal threats). This makes the citizens, who should be the most important, less secure.