The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I will not let the Patriot Act, the most unpatriotic of acts, go unchallenged. At the very least, we should debate. We… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
What the NSA really wants is the capability of retrospective investigation. They want to have a perfect record of the last five… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The USA FREEDOM Act ends the NSA's unfettered data collection program once and for all, while at the same time preserving the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
To those in the executive branch who say ‘just trust us’ when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications,… — Eric Holder 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
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
Let's say tomorrow that there was a president, that we elected a president that eliminated the bulk collection of data. Let's just… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Please give reason. Raised taxes; marching us off to war again; approved more NSA snooping. WHO ARE THEY?! — Matt Drudge 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
Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
You know, we've been right on everything, haven't we? We told people about drones five years ago, didn't we? We told people… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
The key question: will the NSA continue to monitor hundreds of millions of people without any suspicion? Under Obama's proposals: Yes. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
With some of the issues around the Snowden leaks and what the NSA was doing I think have scared people around the… — Mark Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Anyway, it's not true that the authorities cannot access the content of the phone even if there is no back door. When… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments - as opposed to ordinary citizens - around the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
US intelligence agencies will only use such data to meet specific security requirements: counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counterproliferation, cybersecurity, force protection for our troops… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I would argue, by the way, if the French citizens knew exactly what that was about, they would be applauding and popping… — Mike Rogers Copy Share Image
The surveillance state has run amok. Technology that's enabled us to send selfies 24/7 - not that valuable - has also enabled… — Alexis Ohanian Copy Share Image
