We watch our own people more closely than anyone else in the world. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter. — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual. — Thomas de Maiziere Copy Share Image
My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified. — Barack Obama 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
If Pakistan NSA wants to come he is welcome. But talks will only be on terrorism. No scope for expansion of agenda. — Sushma Swaraj Copy Share Image
I can do more good outside of prison... This country is worth dying for. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I worry very much about kids growing up in a society where they think: "I'm not going to talk about this issue,… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened.… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
The people at the NSA aren't trying to ruin your life. They're not trying to put you in authoritarian dystopia. These are… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Why did we not know that heads of state were being eavesdropped on, spied on? We are the intelligence committee and we… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
As digital communications have multiplied, and NSA capabilities with them, the agency has shifted resources from surveillance of individual targets to the… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The president should stop apologizing, stop being defensive. The reality is the NSA has saved thousands of lives not just in the… — Peter King Copy Share Image
“I think this mass surveillance by the NSA was never about terrorism: It's all about economic spying & social control. It's all… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that I really question - the legality of the drone strikes, these NSA revelations. Jimmy Carter… — Matt Damon 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
The programs that have been discussed over the last couple days in the press are secret in the sense that they are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Clearly we must do everything we can to protect our country from the serious potential of another terrorist attack, but we can… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
You wonder why your government's completely broken? We lurch from deadline to deadline, and it's on purpose really. We do deadline to… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The most striking thing Snowden has revealed is the depth of what the NSA and the Five Eyes countries [Australia, Canada, New… — Laura Poitras 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
“Even though we don't know which companies the NSA has compromised – or by what means – knowing that they could have… — Bruce Schneier Copy Share Image
“Every time I do an interview people ask similar questions, such as "What is the most significant story that you have revealed?"… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
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