Bargains Quote by Edward Snowden

Look at the reactions of liberal governments to the surveillance revelations during the last years. In the United States, we've got this big debate,…

— Edward Snowden

Surveillance legislation fit for the 21st century, which strikes the right balance between privacy, security and democracy is a prize worth fighting for, and…

— Keir Starmer

Many of our ally states don't have these constitutional protections - in the UK, in New Zealand, in Australia. They've lost the right to…

— Edward Snowden

To deal with COVID-19, countries like India, Brazil, Jordan and Thailand are cutting press freedom and freedom of expression. In nations like Israel, South…

— Maria Ressa

“Authorities this broad give the national security bureaucracy the power to scrutinize the personal lives of every law-abiding American. Allowing that to continue is…

— Ron Wyden

In the United States, there hasn't been much legislative change on the surveillance issue, although there are some tepid proposals.

— Edward Snowden

A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security' that are…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern…

— Jeffrey Toobin

If we don't do anything, if we go along with the status quo, we are going to have a mass surveillance world.

— Edward Snowden

I think most people accept that it is necessary to have some surveillance in a democratic society. I think most people accept that it's…

— Keir Starmer

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

“Expecting the US government to operate a massive surveillance machine in complete secrecy without falling prey to its temptations runs counter to every historical…

— Glenn Greenwald