Anyone emailing, phoning or writing to someone in the USA should assume their mail will be opened, their call monitored and their email logged.
This is just what they're choosing to tell us, for political purposes. Imagine what secret programs they have behind the scenes that they're not making public. Always assume your communications are being recorded.
Frankly, I don't care what it takes to find and kill Al Qaeda. They are relentless in their pursuit and desire to kill millions of us at once. We have to find them first. Period.