If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the… — 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… — 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… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The rule of law doesn't mean the police are in charge, but that we all answer to the same laws. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Microsoft is in a court battle with the Department of Justice. The DOJ is saying, "We want information from your data center… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
An investigation found the specific people who authorized the warrantless wiretapping of millions and millions of communications, which per count would have… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
A different [Ronald] Reagan-era authority: EO 12333, an executive order for foreign-intelligence collection, as opposed to the ones we now use domestically.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Until we reform our laws and until we fix the excesses of these old policies that we inherited in the post-9/11 era,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the foremost activities of the NSA's FAD, or Foreign Affairs Division, is to pressure or incentivize EU member states to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The new iPhone has encryption that protects the contents of the phone. This means if someone steals your phone - if a… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Lawyers from the NSA, as well as the UK's GCHQ, work very hard to search for loopholes in laws and constitutional protections… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There are times throughout history and it doesn't take long for either an American or a German, to think about times in… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
What we need to do is we need to create new international standards of behavior - not just national laws, because this… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The government doesn't want us to know what they're doing, how they're interpreting the law, how they're interpreting and redefining their powers,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Russia recently passed a law - I think a terrible law - which says you have to store all of the data… — 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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