Crucial Quote by Ken Salazar

If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.

— Bill Nelson

Identity theft is a serious crime that affects millions of Americans each year.

— Ben Bernanke

The key to security is public information.

— Margaret Chase Smith

I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!

— Rand Paul

The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little bit wiser,…

— Frank Abagnale

It is not the job of government to collect and store vast amounts of biographical and biometric data belonging to innocent people.

— Damian Green

The system has evolved to protect parties from people like Donald Trump. It really is true that people without well-established public records, without proven…

— David Frum

This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying…

— Daniel Ellsberg

In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty.…

— Timothy Garton Ash

No one in the government is seriously penalized when Social Security numbers are stolen and misused; only the number-holders suffer.

— Ellen Ullman

The Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security.

— Mike Honda

[A new all-encompassing national identification system] contradicts some of our most sacrosanct American principles of personal liberty and expectations of privacy and is far…

— Bill McCollum