If you're in government, that's one of the one things you have to do is to always avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. — William Binney Copy Share Image
No NSA director did as much damage to the agency as Gen. Michael V. Hayden. — William Binney Copy Share Image
Trailblazer was the NSA's attempt to catch up with the digital age. The problem is, Trailblazer didn't do anything. As far as I know,… — William Binney Copy Share Image
FBI wants to know everything about you, and you're not supposed to know anything about them. — William Binney Copy Share Image
When I left NSA, it was with an understanding that you can never underestimate the power of large numbers of stupid people. — William Binney Copy Share Image
The problem with a group is, the more people you add, the lower the average IQ. — William Binney Copy Share Image
You don't hear anybody talking about what FBI is doing with the NSA collected data. That's because they're doing it in secret. I mean,… — William Binney Copy Share Image
The spooks are all cowards. Sunlight is the solution to these things. — William Binney Copy Share Image
At least 80% of fibre-optic cables globally go via the U.S. This is no accident and allows the U.S. to view all communication coming… — William Binney Copy Share Image
Reagan used to say that 'we're a country with a government.' Well, now we're a government with a country, and we're making everybody else… — William Binney Copy Share Image
We're not getting a good return on investment on all that money we're pumping into the intelligence community. One of the first things I… — William Binney Copy Share Image
You've got the NSA doing all this collecting of material on all of its citizens - that's what the SS, the Gestapo, the Stasi,… — William Binney Copy Share Image
