We can’t trust corporations.
We can’t trust governments.
We can’t trust Obama.
The only way for the general public to get the truth is whistleblowing. We’ll see more like Snowden over the coming years.
Edward Snowden, who leaked an estimated 200,000 files that exposed the extensive and intrusive nature of phone and internet surveillance and intelligence gathering by the US and its western allies, was the overwhelming choice of more than 2,000 people who voted. …

I’m sorry for the innocent hurt by these leaks, but the greater good for society is served.
One more thing …
We can’t trust the media. Including the Guardian.
Ed Bott – The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism (June 2013)
related – Time magazine – Edward Snowden, The Dark Prophet
Time had Snowden a runner-up, naming the new Pope as Person of the Year.