Most of the secrets the CIA has are about people, not machines and systems, so I didn't feel comfortable with disclosures that… — 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
The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Bulk collection means all of your communications are being secretly intercepted. They are being stolen as they cross India, and they're being… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The surveillance revelations are critically important because they revealed that our rights are being redefined in secret, by secret courts that were… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
There's not much value to us attacking Chinese systems. We might take a few computers offline. We might take a factory offline.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One of the saddest and most damaging legacies of the [George W.] Bush administration is the increased assertion of the "state secrets"… — 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
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 Copy Share Image
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
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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