How much further does the US government want/need to go before they have enough power/security to effectively and efficiently manage and protect its citizens?

How much further does the US government want/need to go before they have enough power/security to effectively and efficiently manage and protect its citizens? I hate the idea of prosecuting whistle-blowers. On the other hand, I definitely realize the importance of protecting national secrets and information in an ongoing investigation. In my mind, it's not a battle between the US govt and its citizens, this is a battle between nations. Some activists, political party supporters, extremists, criminals, and innocents might be targeted/embarrassed/prosecuted by these programs, that that is not only unacceptable, but disgusting. The US govt simply cannot be as transparent as citizens would like it to because information is available globally. We do still have a significant amount of room to allow for transparency in the govt and we are slowly (too slowly) working on it, but please understand that SIGINT and foreign relations is complicated as shit. The US has it's nose in every other countries business, they befriend questionable sources for information, they deceive (can't deceive another country without deceiving our own citizens), and they do what it takes to maintain world stability and US dominance in all areas (economic, information, military, "freedom"). I don't know of an easy fix-all solution. Online voting might help, that would remove power from congress and give it back to the people.