Cases Quote by Edward Snowden

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

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

The surveillance revelations are critically important because they revealed that our rights are being redefined in secret, by secret courts that were never intended…

— Edward Snowden

Foreigners like me have no privacy rights whatsoever. Yet we keep using U.S.-based services all the time, making us a legal target for gathering…

— Mikko Hypponen

If the U.N. were to be successful in its efforts to control the Internet, countries where human rights records range from questionable to criminal…

— John Doolittle

Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind…

— Mikko Hypponen

When we think in the context of the last decade's infringements upon personal liberty and the last year's revelations, it's not about surveillance. It's…

— Edward Snowden

We really don't need the United Nations approval to act. When it comes to our security, we do not need anyones permission.

— George W. Bush

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

The American public has a right to know what's going on.

— Elmer Davis

There's been spying for years, there's been surveillance for years, and so forth, I'm not going to pass judgement on that, it's the nature…

— Eric Schmidt