Me, I'm rather distrustful of anyone in power. Living in Argentina for a long time has made this much worse. I wouldn't trust our U.S. government to keep our best interests at heart for even a moment's notice. The trends that are happening in the U.S. right now are startling, and the whole thing with Snowden is just yet another indication that our government and nation is sliding into the Roman Empire mode. I could see in 20 years or so something startlingly evil--Nazi type evil, coming from our government. Maybe that won't happen, but it wouldn't surprise me as the poor get poorer and the rich richer, the government grows more authoritarian, and people become more materialistic, apathetic, and decadent.