The more fear confrontational activism can put into the heart of the political class, the better. — Glenn Greenwald Activism Copy Share Image
“But the more significant factor is that one can easily remain free of even the most intense political oppression simply by placing… — Glenn Greenwald Left alone Copy Share Image
The American Right has an amazing ability to lionize leaders whose lives are the precise antithesis of the political values that define… — Glenn Greenwald Ability Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing… — Glenn Greenwald Bombing Copy Share Image
What state surveillance actually is is best understood by the NSA's own documents and own words, which I think as you know… — Glenn Greenwald Documents Copy Share Image
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful… — Glenn Greenwald Administration Copy Share Image
Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but… — Glenn Greenwald Behavior Copy Share Image
I personally think honestly disclosing rather than hiding one's subjective values makes for more honest and trustworthy journalism. But no journalism -… — Glenn Greenwald Data Copy Share Image
[N]othing is less reliable than unchecked claims from political officials that their secret conduct is justified by National Security Threats and the… — Glenn Greenwald Claims Copy Share Image
“people radically change their behavior when they know they are being watched. They will strive to do that which is expected of… — Glenn Greenwald Habits Copy Share Image
As for the claim that drone 'pilots' are not engaged in the extinguishing of human life via video games, the military's own… — Glenn Greenwald Bug Copy Share Image
Obama supporters pretended that his 2008 campaign was some sort of populist uprising even as Wall Street overwhelmingly supported his candidacy. — Glenn Greenwald Campaign Copy Share Image
“Democracy requires accountability and consent of the governed, which is only possible if citizens know what is being done in their name.” — Glenn Greenwald Accountability Copy Share Image
“Let us speak no more of faith in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography.” — Glenn Greenwald Faith Copy Share Image
What made Guantanamo such a travesty - and what still makes it such - is that it is a system of indefinite… — Glenn Greenwald Being Copy Share Image
My nature is that when I see abuses of power, I want to expose those abuses. — Glenn Greenwald Abuse Copy Share Image
“I do not want to live in a world where we have no privacy and no freedom, where the unique value of… — Glenn Greenwald Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations — Glenn Greenwald Behinds Copy Share Image
One should be weary of drawing too many inferences from a single poll. You can find wildly disparate results with two different… — Glenn Greenwald Attitude Copy Share Image
“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 Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize us to… — Glenn Greenwald Drug Copy Share Image
“The record is suffused with examples of groups and individuals being placed under government surveillance by virtue of their dissenting views and… — Glenn Greenwald Civil rights Copy Share Image
The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's… — Glenn Greenwald Government Copy Share Image
It’s just simply the fact that the NSA does not think anybody should be able to communicate anywhere on the Earth without… — Glenn Greenwald Able Copy Share Image