“Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it.” CitizensConscienceDestroyedNsa Author:Edward Snowden
“The NSA is not looking through people's address books and Visa bills and violating the rights of average citizens. That's not what the NSA does.” PeopleDoeBookRightsCitizensBillsAverageAddressesNsaVisaAddress Books Author:Michael Gerson
“Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk.” PeopleWayLooksGovernmentSecretStepsCitizensGuiltyAdministrationPrivacyDigitalUnprecedentedNsaInvadingStop And Frisk Author:Charles M. Blow
“Who gets to decide who's an enemy combatant and who's an American citizen? Are we really so frightened and so easily frightened that we would give up a thousand-year history?” GivingYearsEnemyCitizensThousandGiving UpFrightenedThousand YearsNsaAmerican Citizens Author:Rand Paul
“This Administration also puts forward a false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand... That means no more illegal wire-tapping of American citizens. No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. No more tracking citizens who do nothing more than protest a misguided war. No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are.” MeanWarLawChoicesLibertySecurityCrimeCitizensDemandLettersAdministrationWho We AreProtestIllegalCherishNational SecuritySpyWireNsaAmerican CitizensInconvenientMisguidedTappingTracking Author:Barack Obama
“It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that's a serious constitutional concern. But it's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them.” IfsTryingDoePlayHappensCareMillionsClearRightsSeeingEffectsSeriousCitizensPoliticianOrdinaryConcernCongressThings HappenOfficialsRelevantInvestigationDocumentsScandalSpyCiaNsaElected OfficialsOrdinary Citizens Author:Edward Snowden
“With respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens and it does not apply to people living in the United States.” PeopleDoeStatesUnitedUnited StatesInternetCitizensEmailNsa Author:Barack Obama
“Ending mass surveillance of private phone calls under the Patriot Act is a historic victory for the rights of every citizen. Yet while we have reformed this one program, many others remain.” RightsVictoryCitizensMassProgramPhonesPatriotHistoricSurveillancePhone CallsNsaPatriot Act Author:Edward Snowden
“Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantCountryStatesUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesIssuesCitizensOrdinaryPicksDeservePhonesPrivacyAlliesOther CountriesSurveillanceHave ConfidenceNsaClose FriendsOrdinary Citizens Author:Barack Obama
“Our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments - as opposed to ordinary citizens - around the world, in the same way that the intelligence services of every other nation does. We will not apologize simply because our services may be more effective.” WorldWayMayDoeGovernmentNationsInformationCitizensOrdinaryIntentionAround The WorldAgencyApologizingNsaIntelligence AgenciesOrdinary CitizensIntelligence Services Author:Barack Obama
“I would argue, by the way, if the French citizens knew exactly what that was about, they would be applauding and popping Champagne corks. It's a good thing. It keeps the French safe. It keeps the U.S. safe.” IfsWayWould BeCitizensSafeGood ThingsArguingChampagneNsaPoppingCork Author:Mike Rogers
“Part of what we're trying to do is lay out what really happened. For example, I've been trying to get across that the intelligence leadership did not just keep the country in the dark. They actively misled the country on key issues. When you have someone who heads the NSA saying we don't hold data at all on US citizens, that's one of the most misleading statements I believe that's ever been made about surveillance policy. And I think that now we're starting to get that message across.” ThinkingTryingBelieveMadeCountryI BelieveDarkIssuesHappenedPolicyExampleKeysCitizensMessagesLaysStartingStatementsDataSurveillanceMisleadNsaMisled Author:Ron Wyden
“My assessment of Julian Assange is a professional one, really, of what he's managed to achieve, and the idea that he came up with, which set the world alight and continues to inspire others like Snowden [NSA leaker Edward Snowden], about the secret goings-on that are done in our name with our tax dollars on behalf of big business or politics. He launched the revolutionary idea that citizens can start to claim back a paradigm for questioning power structures and those in authority through an anonymous, whistle-blowing website.” WorldIdeasDoneBigsNamesSecretAchieveInspireCitizensTaxesAuthorityClaimsStructureDollarsRevolutionaryQuestioningBehalfWebsiteParadigmAssessmentNsaBig BusinessInspire OthersSnowdenTax DollarsRevolutionary IdeasAssange Author:Benedict Cumberbatch