“It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programs is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are fully informed as to what is actually being carried out by the intelligence community.” CommunityClearMembersProgramReviewsSenateCommitteesNsaIntelligence Community Author:Dianne Feinstein
“I think it's important to recognize that you can't have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy and zero inconvenience.... In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we've struck the right balance.” ThinkingLooksImportantBigsRunningSecurityBrotherBalanceProgramDetailsComplainingAbstractPrivacyZeroCentsNsaInconvenience Author:Barack Obama
“The president began this program by executive order. He should immediately end it by executive order. For over a year now, he has said the program is illegal, and yet he does nothing.” ShouldYearsDoeSaidEndsOrderPresidentProgramExecutivesIllegalNsaExecutive Orders Author:Rand Paul
“Why don't we see any questions from the press? Why don't we see anybody from the media saying, 'Mr. President, it's illegal, you started it, you are performing a program that is collecting all of the phone records from all Americans, it's been declared illegal from the second highest court in the land, why don't you stop?'” PresidentRecordsLandMediaHighestProgramCourtPressesPhonesPerformingIllegalCollectingNsa Author:Rand Paul
“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 the motivation of somebody who intentionally would seek to warn the nation's enemies of lawful programs created to protect the American people. And I hope that he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” PeopleWould BeLawMotivationGivenNationsDifficultEnemyIssuesProtectConcernedProgramRelatedPrivacyScopeNsa Author:Mitch McConnell
“Clapper has been straight and direct in the answers that he's given, and has actively engaged in an effort to provide more information about the programs that have been revealed through the leak of classified information.” Has BeensGivenAnswersEffortInformationProgramDirectEngagedNsaLeaksClassified Information Author:Jay Carney
“While the US Constitution marks these programs as illegal, my government argues that secret court rulings, which the world is not permitted to see, somehow legitimize an illegal affair. These rulings simply corrupt the most basic notion of justice - that it must be seen to be done. The immoral cannot be made moral through the use of secret law.” WorldMadeDoneUseGovernmentLawJusticeSecretMoralProgramConstitutionMarkCourtNotionAffairArguingIllegalImmoralRulingNsaUs Constitution Author:Edward Snowden
“The programs that have been discussed over the last couple days in the press are secret in the sense that they are classified but they are not secret in the sense that when it comes to phone calls every member of Congress has been briefed on this program. With respect to all these programs the relevant intelligence committees are fully briefed on these programs. These are programs that have been authorized by broad bipartisan majorities repeatedly since 2006.” Has BeensLastsSecretCoupleMembersProgramMajorityPressesCongressPhonesBroadsRelevantCommitteesPhone CallsNsaBipartisan Author:Barack Obama
“When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That's not what this program is about. ... What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people's names and they're not looking at content. ... If the intelligence committee actually wants to listen to a phone call they have to go back to a federal judge, just like they would in a criminal investigation.” PeopleIfsWantNamesCommunityNumbersJudgingListeningProgramPhonesCriminalsInvestigationCommitteesTelephonesPhone CallsNsaDurationPhone NumbersIntelligence CommunityFederal JudgesCriminal Investigation Author:Barack Obama
“I don't welcome leaks. There's a reason why these programs are classified.” ReasonProgramWelcomeReason WhyNsaLeaks 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
“Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. The challenge is getting the details right, and that's not simple.” ChallengesSimpleLibertyProgramDetailsRepeatsNot InterestedCivil LibertiesNsa Author:Barack Obama
“The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 ... The program does not involve the NSA examining the phone records of ordinary Americans. Rather, it consolidates these records into a database that the government can query if it has a specific lead - phone records that the companies already retain for business purposes.” IfsDoeGovernmentDesirePurposeCompanyRecordsGrewOrdinaryProgramPhonesAddressesGapsNsaExaminingDatabasesQueries Author:Barack Obama
“There are programs such as the NSA paying RSA $10 million to use an insecure encryption standard by default in their products. That's making us more vulnerable not just to the snooping of our domestic agencies, but also foreign agencies.” UseMillionsProductsStandardsProgramVulnerableAgencyInsecureDefaultNsaEncryptionSnooping Author:Edward Snowden
“The USA FREEDOM Act ends the NSA's unfettered data collection program once and for all, while at the same time preserving the government's ability to obtain information to track down terrorists when it has sufficient justification and support for doing so.” EndsGovernmentFreedomAbilitySupportInformationProgramTrackTerroristDataUsaSufficientCollectionsJustificationNsaData CollectionUsa Freedom Author:Ted Cruz
“There's a lot of important issues being brought to the world about America's role in proliferating weapons, about the lack of responsibility of anyone in authority in this country, you have the torture program, that NSA surveillance is Edward Snowden's fault, just like proliferation of weapons is these kids' fault. It's ridiculous, there's never any consequences, there's never any lessons learned.” WorldImportantCountryKidsAmericaResponsibilityRolesIssuesLessonsAuthorityWeaponsConsequenceProgramFaultsRidiculousTortureSurveillanceNsaProliferationImportant IssuesLesson LearnedSnowdenLack Of Responsibility Author:Guy Lawson
“[Bill] Binney designed ThinThread, an NSA program that used encryption to try to make mass surveillance less objectionable. It would still have been unlawful and unconstitutional.” TryingHas BeensStillsUsedMassProgramBillsSurveillanceNsaUnconstitutionalUnlawfulEncryption Author:Edward Snowden