Nsa Quotes

There is no more direct or honest person than Jim Clapper.

— Dianne Feinstein

I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American.

— Edward Snowden

The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together.

— Edward Snowden

NSA, the only part of government that actually listens.

— Dan McCall

I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.

— Al Franken

Everybody spies on everybody, I mean, that's just a fact.

— Marco Rubio

Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

— Barack Obama

“The NSA is correct, 1984 is now.”

— Michael Gurnow

Some in Washington say that you have to trade your liberty for security.

— Rand Paul

I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified.

— Barack Obama

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.

— Edward Snowden

The NSA has the capacity to keep track of everything we do on the phone and on the internet.[Barack] Obama has done…

— Nat Hentoff

My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.

— Barack Obama

At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

The NSA buys data from private companies, so the private companies are the source of all this stuff.

— Cathy O'Neil

I believe there is significant overreach by the NSA in how it monitors American citizens.

— Erik Prince

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg apparently called President Obama directly to complain about NSA and how it spies on ordinary Americans. That's right,…

— Jimmy Fallon

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

Our bill of rights has been shredded. The fourth amendment specifically prohibits the kind of activities the NSA is involved in domestically.…

— Ray McGovern

We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of…

— Barack Obama

For months, Obama administration officials attacked Snowden's motives and said the work of the NSA was distorted by selective leaks and misinterpretations.

— Barton Gellman

I would argue, by the way, if the French citizens knew exactly what that was about, they would be applauding and popping…

— Mike Rogers

It’s just simply the fact that the NSA does not think anybody should be able to communicate anywhere on the Earth without…

— Glenn Greenwald

With some of the issues around the Snowden leaks and what the NSA was doing I think have scared people around the…

— Mark Zuckerberg

This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more…

— Barack Obama

I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged. At the very least, we should debate. We…

— Rand Paul

Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with…

— Edward Snowden

I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public…

— Edward Snowden

[Bill] Binney will argue with you all day about ThinThread, but his idea was that it would collect everything about everybody but…

— Edward Snowden

Someone responding to the story said 'real spies do not speak like that'. Well, I am a spy and that is how…

— Edward Snowden

Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too.…

— Barack Obama

One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need…

— Barack Obama

“Even though we don't know which companies the NSA has compromised – or by what means – knowing that they could have…

— Bruce Schneier

Now all of us can talk to the NSA -- just by dialing any number.

— David Letterman

“Expose the Jesuit order and learn about the global genocide. Speak out, even when what you have to say is not popular.”

— John Reynaga

Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

— Edward Snowden

We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.

— Angela Merkel

Please give reason. Raised taxes; marching us off to war again; approved more NSA snooping. WHO ARE THEY?!

— Matt Drudge

Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.

— Barack Obama

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

— Glenn Greenwald