> but they still had implications for the public's overall trust in the government. In my observation it really was as I described: - those who already deeply

> but they still had implications for the public's overall trust in the government. In my observation it really was as I described: - those who already deeply distrusted the government continued to do so - the others (the huge majority) simply did barely care or even attempted to justify the crimes Concerning your point about tech and security sectors: those who form the inner core of the people working in these sectors basically already knew what was happening since at least the 90s.