Edward Snowden

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.

— Edward Snowden

What we're really debating is not security versus liberty, it's security versus surveillance. When we talk about electronic interception, the way that…

— Edward Snowden

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

If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe…

— Edward Snowden

In the United States and some of the other countries involved it's sort of a "five eyes" global spying alliance. That's the…

— Edward Snowden

Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but…

— Edward Snowden

If the government or the parties won't address our needs, we will. It's about direct action, even civil disobedience.

— Edward Snowden

People would publish their websites; other people would read them. But there was no real back and forth other than through e-mail.…

— Edward Snowden

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

The courts were afraid to challenge executive declarations of what would happen. Now, over the last year, we have seen - in…

— Edward Snowden

We hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country…

— Edward Snowden

You shouldn't send an email from a computer that's associated with you if you don't want it to be tracked back to…

— Edward Snowden

Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.

— Edward Snowden

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

The United States need to put internet processes, policies, and procedures in place with real laws that forbid going beyond the borders…

— Edward Snowden

America should be cooling down the tensions in the internet, making it a more trusted environment, making it a more secure environment,…

— Edward Snowden

The question of whether I, as a whistleblower, should be pardoned, is not for me to answer.

— Edward Snowden

I hope you have read the election programme of the Labour Party...this is not socialism. It is Bolshevism run mad.

— Edward Snowden

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions.

— Edward Snowden

People say that [i'm a celebrity], but I've only had to sign autographs for "civ-libs" types. And I autograph court orders.

— Edward Snowden

When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.

— Edward Snowden

If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the…

— Edward Snowden

I was living a charmed life.

— Edward Snowden

Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free…

— Edward Snowden

It's fascinating to see how things have changed. Basically, every time the US government gets off the soapbox of the Sunday-morning talk…

— Edward Snowden