There is a policy response that needs to occur. There is also a technical response that needs to occur. It is the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The way the United States intelligence community operates is it doesn't limit itself to the protection of the homeland. It doesn't limit… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we're seeing now, or starting to see, is an atomization of the Internet community. Before, everybody went only to a few… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You're not patriotic just because you back whoever's in power today or their policies. You're patriotic when you work to improve the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The community of technical experts who really manage the internet, who built the internet and maintain it, are becoming increasingly concerned about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When we have some horrible terrorist attacks happen in some country we see in the recording that follows, that the intelligence community… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People sometimes say I broke an oath of secrecy - one of the early charges leveled against me. But it's a fundamental… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There were no whistleblower protections that would've protected me - and that's known to everybody in the intelligence community. There are no… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A political decision has been made not to irritate the intelligence community. The spy agencies are really embarrassed, they're really sore -… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Increasingly we're seeing these ultra-partisan sites getting larger and larger readerships because people are self-selecting themselves into communities. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration almost appears as though it is afraid of the intelligence community. They're afraid of death by a thousand… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I describe it as tribalism because they're very tightly woven communities. Lack of civility is part of it, because that's how Internet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One concern I had while I was working actively in the intelligence community - being someone who had broad access, who was… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Much of what I saw in Geneva really disillusioned me about how my government functions and what its impact is in the world. I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
As a general rule, so long as you have any choice at all, you should never route through or peer with the UK under… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Too often we forget that social and political movements don't happen overnight. They don't bring change immediately - you have to build a critical… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We've learned that we've allowed technological capabilities to dictate policies and practices, rather than ensuring that our laws and values guide our technological capabilities. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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