Bills Quote by Patrick Leahy

We have a completely unregulated digital landscape. There is almost no oversight. We are placing blind trust in companies like Facebook to do the…

— Christopher Wylie

We have our phones right by our beds, right next to us in our most exposed, vulnerable moments. And yet the government could have…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

Privacy is not a luxury in America: it is a right - one that we need to defend in the digital realm as much…

— Chelsea Manning

While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America’s largest telecom providers, under…

— Glenn Greenwald

Given the scope of these programs, it's understandable that many would be concerned about issues related to privacy. But what's difficult to understand is…

— Mitch McConnell

Anyone who steps back for a minute and observes our modern digital world might conclude that we have destroyed our privacy in exchange for…

— John Twelve Hawks

We see it in attempts on Capitol Hill to impose gag rules on rules on doctors on what they can say to their patients…

— Dick Durbin

If you were watching CNN, they were saying the NSA is listening to your phone calls. It's reading your emails. When you call your…

— Michael Morell

In order to keep up with the criminals and to protect our national security, the solution is clear: we need legislation to ensure that…

— Louis J. Freeh

Yes, online privacy is a real problem that needs to be addressed. But even the best privacy laws are only as effective as our…

— Tristan Harris

If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy.

— Anonymous