Switzerland is a non-EU country. Switzerland has a long tradition of civil liberties, rights and participation. This results in regular legally binding referendums on the one side and tax evasions from civilians of other countries on the other.
Like the time when Swiss banks conveniently decided to forget their tradition of "civil liberties and rights" and en masse turned over their clients confidential personal information and financial records to the US authorities? They've already acted like America's little bitch once, what makes you think they're not going to do the same again?
Switzerland recently increased cooperation efforts with EU countries on many, many issues. The geopolitical reality is that progressive (if glacially slow) solidification of the EU block is making it a politically as well as physically landlocked country. Such nations have clear limits in their independence in practice; to mention just one, any cable originating in Switzerland will inevitably have to pass through a EU country - worse, through a EU border, which allows for all sorts of shenanigans like the 2009 Swedish interception law.
This applies to good guys all over the world since ever.
Btw, I did not state anywhere that I consider Switzerland as being the good guys. Applying qualities of character to a state is misleading IMHO.
