Able Quote by Barry Eisler

We didn't have to use technology to build a surveillance state.

— Trevor Paglen

It’s just simply the fact that the NSA does not think anybody should be able to communicate anywhere on the Earth without them being…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The ability to eavesdrop on people's communications vests immense power in those who do it. And unless such power is held in check by…

— Glenn Greenwald

There should be no means of communication which we cannot read.

— David Cameron

People do not want the state keeping information on its citizens for some ill-defined and unproven benefit.

— Damian Green

“That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people and no American would have any privacy left, such is the…

— Glenn Greenwald

The president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor.

— Jay Carney

It doesn't thrill me to bits that the state has to use the tools of electronic surveillance to keep us safe, but it seems…

— John Lanchester

Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.

— Tommy Douglas

The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left,…

— Frank Church

We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go…

— Larry Craig

“So no one cares - and that protects your personal privacy. At least most of the time no one cares. I'm not making the…

— Penn Jillette