Communication Quote by Chellie Pingree

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government have electronically eavesdropped on the attackers without a warrant?

— Pete du Pont

At least in Russia, you cannot just go and tap into someone's phone conversation without a warrant issued by court. That's more or less…

— Vladimir Putin

“The answer was Stellar Wind. The NSA would eavesdrop freely against Americans and aliens in the United States without probable cause or search warrants.…

— Tim Weiner

“President Bush even authorized the National Security Agency to monitor— without preclearance from a judge—phone calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens. In”

— Todd Donovan

“Nobody in the government is talking. It’s a case of national security.” “Of course. The national security of spying on U.S. citizens.”

— Kenneth Eade

But the government spying on me was not done under the authority of a court warrant. That's why my case is even more dangerous…

— Sharyl Attkisson

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

— Sherrod Brown

I don't believe the federal government should be snooping into American citizens' cell phones without a warrant issued by a federal judge. You cannot…

— Kevin de Leon

“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

Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but the only…

— Edward Snowden

There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA…

— John Conyers

I can't think of a time that the U.S. government asked us or instructed us not to report or air something.

— Jim Walton