They got caught so they scream traitor! You ratted on us -- just another political dance.

That being said, we (the USA) will have a long road to regaining the trust of foreign allies for being exposed for the shitty things that have been done. Realistically, all countries spy on each other but the spies have shown a total a disregard for national interests having overreached sensibilities.

For the American people, we now know that the NSA, regardless of what party is in power, is illegally monitoring United States citizens. Government trust is worse than ever.

Repeal the US PATRIOT Act now and replace it with something more sensible. Congress' oversight is a joke -- what were those assholes even thinking? Strike that, those assholes were not thinking (read: reactionaries) ...