I don't need someone to come right and tell me that my government is hiding things from me, because it is (or at least SHOULD be) common knowledge. Anyone who is utterly shocked to find out that their government spies on its residents and discloses secret information to foreign countries should be slapped upside the head.
Seriously, you're on the grid mother forgeter. Stop being so loving annoyed at every little thing your government does because it doesn't tend to you and wipe your stinking ass. Holy stuff, just enjoy life and be grateful you live in some place where you can do almost loving anything and your limbs aren't removed when you step out of line.
35 years is way too loving long, by the way.