It's OK if we wiretap Osama bin Laden. I want to know what he's planning - obviously not him nowadays, but that… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
My government revoked my passport intentionally to leave me exiled. If they really wanted to capture me, they would've allowed me to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
When people are talking about cyber weapons, digital weapons, what they really mean is a malicious program that's used for a military… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I wonder if it's conservative or liberal [ inalienable rights idea], because when we think of liberal thought, when we think about… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk. If they want to get you,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I don't think it is the most important thing. I think it is the fact that the director of national intelligence gave… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Custom developed digital weapons, cyber weapons nowadays typically chain together a number of zero-day exploits that are targeted against the specific site,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
If you begin acting contrary to the public's interest, and there is no alternative governmental model, with which you're willing to engage,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The state says: "Well, in order for it to be legitimate civil disobedience, you have to follow these rules." They put us… — 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