Whistleblowers are typically rendered incommunicado, either because they're in hiding, or advised by their lawyers to stay silent, or imprisoned. As a… — Glenn Greenwald About Copy Share Image
Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs. — Glenn Greenwald Assault Copy Share Image
“you believe you are always being watched and judged, you are not really a free individual.” — Glenn Greenwald Freedom Copy Share Image
The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims and reports… — Glenn Greenwald Claims Copy Share Image
It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance,… — Glenn Greenwald Behinds Copy Share Image
“Your personal life is now known as Facebook’s data. Its CEO’s personal life is now known as mind your own business.” — Glenn Greenwald Life Copy Share Image
It's always easy to get people to condemn threats to free speech when the speech being threatened is speech that they like.… — Glenn Greenwald Always Copy Share Image
Americans love to mock the idea of monarchy, and yet we have our own de facto monarchy. I think what these leaks… — Glenn Greenwald Affected Copy Share Image
“But even when the principle of equal treatment was betrayed, American leaders in every era have emphatically affirmed it, not so much… — Glenn Greenwald Dreams Copy Share Image
When I was talking to strangers over the Internet in the 1990s, there would be a much more intense connection because they're… — Glenn Greenwald Because Copy Share Image
You can't cheer when political officials punish the expression of views you dislike and then expect to be taken seriously when you… — Glenn Greenwald Banner Copy Share Image
“He had come to believe that the paper’s concealment of that information may very well have changed the outcome of the 2004… — Glenn Greenwald History Copy Share Image
“concluded that the metadata program “was not essential to preventing attacks and could readily have been obtained in a timely manner using… — Glenn Greenwald Programming Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We should not be comfortable or content in a society where the only way to remain free of surveillance and repression is… — Glenn Greenwald Comfortable Copy Share Image
I've praised Obama's record on same-sex equality as enthusiastically as anyone: it's one area where his record has been impressive. I understand,… — Glenn Greenwald American Copy Share Image
When people in power can operate in the dark, inevitably they abuse that power. So, you need outside forces to bring light… — Glenn Greenwald Abuse Copy Share Image
“No matter the specific techniques involved, historically mass surveillance has had several constant attributes. Initially, it is always the country’s dissidents and… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Very few people use landline phones for much of anything. So when you talk about things like online chat and social media… — Glenn Greenwald About Copy Share Image
A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one. — Glenn Greenwald Citizenry Copy Share Image
I think that - not just as a journalist but as a human being - I have the ethical responsibility to avoid… — Glenn Greenwald Action Copy Share Image
“The idea that we should dismantle the core protections of our political system to erect a ubiquitous surveillance state for the sake… — Glenn Greenwald Political system Copy Share Image
Even when influential political and media figures vehemently complained about the criticisms I wrote, Salon's editors unfailingly stood behind my work. — Glenn Greenwald About Copy Share Image
“What made the Internet so appealing was precisely that it afforded the ability to speak and act anonymously, which is so vital… — Glenn Greenwald Internet 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 Keys Copy Share Image
