“They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.” WorldNeedsGovernmentPowerfulSecretReviewsPilotsNsaPowerful Government Author:Bob Woodward
“To those in the executive branch who say ‘just trust us’ when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications, I say, ‘Remember your history.’” RememberSecretCommunicationBranchesExecutivesSurveillanceNsaExecutive Branch Author:Eric Holder
“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
“The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing. We should be thankful for individuals like Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald who see injustice being carried out by their own government and speak out, despite the risk. They have done a great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret.” PeopleKnowsNeedsShouldDoeDoneGovernmentIndividualSpeakSecretRiskInjusticeDespiteBeing ThankfulSpeaks OutNsaExposingGreat ServiceSnowden Author:Ron Paul
“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
“Congress hasn't declared war on the countries - the majority of them are our allies - but without asking for public permission, NSA is running network operations against them that affect millions of innocent people. And for what? So we can have secret access to a computer in a country we're not even fighting?” PeopleWarCountryRunningFightingSecretMillionsComputerAskingMajorityCongressAccessInnocentOperationsAlliesPermissionNsa Author:Edward Snowden
“The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events.” PeopleUseSecretEventsInformationShapesDominanceNsa Author:Barton Gellman