Blind Quote by Tom Morello

“The single biggest lesson of the whole Snowden fiasco is that America's own sloppiness made it vulnerable: whether to misguided whistleblowers, saboteurs or foreign…

— Edward Lucas

We should stop thinking of Snowden, to the extent that we ever were, as a hero. We should stop thinking of him as a…

— Benjamin Wittes

Snowden is not the disease. We don't have traitors or whistleblowers blooming all over because they are some sort of malady. The disease is…

— Lawrence Wilkerson

“More importantly in my view, the Obama administration has treated whistleblowers with scandalous harshness, especially those from inside the intelligence community. The hardest point…

— Edward Lucas

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

— Glenn Greenwald

When whistleblowers come forward, we need to fight for them, so others will be encouraged. When they are gagged, we must be their voice.…

— Sara Harrison

It's not everyday that a whistleblower is actually willing to be identified.

— Laura Poitras

Whistleblowers are typically rendered incommunicado, either because they're in hiding, or advised by their lawyers to stay silent, or imprisoned. As a result, the…

— Glenn Greenwald

“The barriers to modern megaleakers like Manning have crumbled: They needn’t spend a year photocopying. They needn’t be Eagle Scouts or war heroes who…

— Andy Greenberg

I call people who are covering up NSA crimes traitors.

— William Binney

Whistleblowers is another aspect that needs to be addressed. We have to restore the protections of whistleblowers and also the encouragement and rewards. It…

— Ted Gup

I think one of the most shocking things is how little our elected officials knew about what the NSA was doing. Congress is learning…

— Laura Poitras