Glenn Greenwald

Surveillance breeds conformity.

— Glenn Greenwald

Fearlessness can be its own form of power.

— Glenn Greenwald

“the powerful and the powerless.”

— Glenn Greenwald

My inbox is the enemy.

— Glenn Greenwald

The bottom layer of the right-wing noise machine.

— Glenn Greenwald

“mass surveillance is a universal temptation for any unscrupulous power.”

— Glenn Greenwald

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.

— Glenn Greenwald

My nature is that when I see abuses of power, I want to expose those abuses.

— Glenn Greenwald

It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.

— Glenn Greenwald

I absolutely believe that another 9/11 is possible.

— Glenn Greenwald

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

— Glenn Greenwald

“One NSA slide details PRISM’s special surveillance powers:”

— Glenn Greenwald

“And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance.”

— Glenn Greenwald

The American Right has an amazing ability to lionize leaders whose lives are the precise antithesis of the political values that define…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“once the citizenry acquiesces to a new power, believing that it does not affect them, it becomes institutionalized and legitimized and objection…

— Glenn Greenwald

[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the…

— Glenn Greenwald

Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.

— Glenn Greenwald

They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of…

— Glenn Greenwald

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

— Glenn Greenwald

The most extremist power any political leader can assert is the power to target his own citizens for execution without any charges…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Progress both in the United States and other nations was only ever achieved through the ability to challenge power and orthodoxies and…

— Glenn Greenwald

“the NSA databases “store information about your political views, your medical history, your intimate relationships and your activities online.” The agency claims…

— Glenn Greenwald

The most important thing my grandfather taught me was that the most noble way to use your skills, intellect and energy is…

— Glenn Greenwald

A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can…

— Glenn Greenwald

I've praised Obama's record on same-sex equality as enthusiastically as anyone: it's one area where his record has been impressive. I understand,…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Objectivity” means nothing more than reflecting the biases and serving the interests of entrenched Washington. Opinions are problematic only when they deviate…

— Glenn Greenwald

Virtually every time the U.S. fires a missile from a drone and ends the lives of Muslims, American media outlets dutifully trumpet…

— Glenn Greenwald

All of the evidence highlights the implicit bargain that is offered to citizens: pose no challenge and you have nothing to worry…

— Glenn Greenwald

“More remarkable is the fact that in country after country, revelations that the NSA was spying on hundreds of millions of their…

— Glenn Greenwald

“But the importance of privacy is evident in the fact that even those who devalue it, who have declared it dead or…

— Glenn Greenwald

The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful…

— Glenn Greenwald

The domestic NSA-led Surveillance State which Frank Church so stridently warned about has obviously come to fruition. The way to avoid its…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Americans now considered the danger of surveillance of greater concern than the danger of terrorism: Overall, 47% say their greater concern about…

— Glenn Greenwald

“That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left, such…

— Glenn Greenwald

“US journalists, for years overwhelmingly enamored of Barack Obama, were now commonly speaking of him in these terms: as some sort of…

— Glenn Greenwald

Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything.

— Glenn Greenwald

“The email began: “The security of people’s communications is very important to me,”

— Glenn Greenwald

“Encryption matters, and it is not just for spies and philanderers.”

— Glenn Greenwald

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.

— Glenn Greenwald