The exchange occurred at a time of widespread mistrust among intelligence and law enforcement officials in Washington about the Saudi government's commitment to fight Islamic terrorism.

A senior United Nations official here said, "Before the voting there was widespread mistrust of electoral system; now there is even more."

Laird Brown, the company's senior strategist, attributes its success to a widespread mistrust of big corporations and the "proprietary nature of almost everything."

The suspicions have engendered widespread mistrust of the security forces, especially among Sunni Arabs.

America cannot afford another election in which there is widespread mistrust of the result.

And where there was once widespread black mistrust of law enforcement, that is slowly changing.

It was an explosive decision for Europe, because the ban reflected a widespread mistrust of artificial hormones.

This is undoubtedly one of the basic reasons for citizens' widespread mistrust of institutions at all levels, from local to European to worldwide.

Consumer confidence has been replaced by widespread mistrust.

A13 Romania's leadership continues to suffer widespread mistrust.