Glenn Greenwald

“And in every instance, the motive is the same: suppressing dissent and mandating compliance.”

— Glenn Greenwald

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its…

— Glenn Greenwald

[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days.

— Glenn Greenwald

“Time magazine’s Jay Carney and Richard Stengel are now in government while Obama aides David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs are commentators on…

— Glenn Greenwald

Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.

— Glenn Greenwald

Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.

— Glenn Greenwald

They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of…

— Glenn Greenwald

Of all the views that are detached from reality, the most delusional is that Christians are persecuted in the U.S.

— Glenn Greenwald

The promise of the Internet has always been that it was gonna be this unprecedentedly potent instrument of liberation and democratization. It…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The Internet has long been heralded as an unprecedented instrument of democratization and liberalization, even emancipation. But in the eyes of the…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Certain documents, such as the FISA court order allowing collection of telephone records and Obama’s presidential directive to prepare offensive cyber-operations, were…

— Glenn Greenwald

It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance,…

— Glenn Greenwald

Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash…

— Glenn Greenwald

Somehow, when the authoritarians on the Right search for icons of manly warrior power to venerate, they find only those who like…

— Glenn Greenwald

There's a huge cost to freedom in letting people talk about how you print these plastic guns or letting them say these…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Expecting the US government to operate a massive surveillance machine in complete secrecy without falling prey to its temptations runs counter to…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecom…

— Glenn Greenwald

“It's almost hard to imagine anything more undemocratic than the view that political officials should not debate American wars in public, but…

— Glenn Greenwald

“Emphasizing that “people make decisions for emotional reasons not rational ones,” the GCHQ contends that online behavior is driven by “mirroring” (“people…

— Glenn Greenwald

“There’s nothing “grown-up” about wanting the State to punish people without evidence of guilt so that you can feel safe. It’s actually…

— Glenn Greenwald

“But the more significant factor is that one can easily remain free of even the most intense political oppression simply by placing…

— Glenn Greenwald

“contrary to repeated claims from President Obama and the NSA, it is already clear that a substantial number of the agency’s activities…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The drumbeat of American accusations against Chinese Internet device manufacturers was unrelenting. In 2012, for example, a report from the House Intelligence…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The collect-it-all system did nothing to detect, let alone disrupt, the 2012 Boston Marathon bombing. It did not detect the attempted Christmas-day…

— Glenn Greenwald

It's hardly news that the Obama administration is intensely and, in many respects, unprecedentedly hostile toward the news-gathering process.

— Glenn Greenwald

Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization.

— Glenn Greenwald

“the Justice Department failed to “cite a single case in which analysis of the NSA’s bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The true measurement of a person’s worth isn’t what they say they believe in, but what they do in defense of those…

— Glenn Greenwald

The purpose of whistleblowing is to expose secret and wrongful acts by those in power in order to enable reform.

— Glenn Greenwald

“was a full-throated harangue, a typical performance when American officials speak about a regime not aligned with the United States.”

— Glenn Greenwald

Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.

— Glenn Greenwald

“adviser, repeatedly requested that the NSA spy on the internal discussions of key member states to learn their negotiation strategies. A May…

— Glenn Greenwald

Government and businesses cannot function without enormous amounts of data, and many people have to have access to that data.

— Glenn Greenwald

Terrorist', noun: 1. Someone my government tells me is a terrorist; 2. Someone my President decides to kill.

— Glenn Greenwald

The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist.

— Glenn Greenwald

“A number I'd love to know: the % of those now saying 'we have to vote Obama to stop an attack on…

— Glenn Greenwald

“concluded that the metadata program “was not essential to preventing attacks and could readily have been obtained in a timely manner using…

— Glenn Greenwald

I have nothing but the highest regard for 'Salon' and its commitment to independent and provocative journalism.

— Glenn Greenwald

The Obama administration says we only destroy the privacy of non-Americans. That is not true. The government is spying on Americans.

— Glenn Greenwald

“This is a deal that invites passivity, obedience, and conformity. The safest course, the way to ensure being “left alone,” is to…

— Glenn Greenwald