Matthew 5:
17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

So lets grab some stones and secure ourselves a good spot in heaven:

19Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

Perhaps you should read the bible before making claims like these.

Most of the world are nowhere near the sorry state that the US is in, so they can't really shut it down. Might have to find a new server to host the project, but that is pretty much it.

NSA (or someone else) could try to include a back door, but let's say that people review the changes, so it becomes known. Fork, bad mouth truecrypt, recommend NoBackstabNewTrueCrypt instead.

I really think that there are enough FOSS zealots here for this to happen, so I am not particularly worried.