Citizens Quote by Barack Obama

What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that.

— James R. Clapper

We in the Department of Homeland Security don't monitor American citizens.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means.There is no such thing in the country.

— George Bernard Shaw

I think most Americans are against illegal surveillance of their emails and telephone calls by the government.

— Ralph Nader

I'm not an American citizen.

— Bill Browder

Americans have a right to the security of their personal information, and the entities that hold personal information have a responsibility to protect it.

— Jan Schakowsky

“most Americans can be identified by name and address using only their ZIP code, birthday, and gender—”

— Nicholas Carr

I think it could be the biggest information problem that we face. 'If somebody is abroad and they even mention the name of an…

— Anonymous

You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair game for…

— Anonymous

Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor…

— Auberon Waugh

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security.

— Anonymous

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

— Glenn Greenwald