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Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material – and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection.

The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.

I'm a strong believer in strong encryption.

I am not a high-tech techie, but I have been told that is not possible.

I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American.

I responded in what I thought was the most truthful, or least untruthful manner.

We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.

There is no more direct or honest person than Jim Clapper.

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk.

The people at the NSA aren't trying to ruin your life. They're not trying to put you in authoritarian dystopia. These are normal people trying to do good work in hard circumstances.

The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control

These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.

If Pakistan NSA wants to come he is welcome. But talks will only be on terrorism. No scope for expansion of agenda.

Good things come in small packages.

It’s just simply the fact that the NSA does not think anybody should be able to communicate anywhere on the Earth without them being able to invade it.

Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

What I said was, ‘the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens’ e-mails.’ I stand by that.

The NSA's vision statement is: keep the problem going so the money keeps flowing.

Well, Keith Alexander, the former director of the NSA wants to say every company in the United States falls under one of two categories, those that have been hacked and those that don't yet know it.

The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks.

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change.

What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.

If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.

That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.

For senators to complain that they didn't know this was happening, we had many, many meetings that have been both classified and unclassified that members have been invited to.

There's something totally crazy about this.

This is nothing new. It has proved meritorious because we have gathered significant information on bad guys and only on bad guys over the years.

I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.

As our voices rise in protest, the NSA monitors your every phone call. if you have a cell phone, you are under surveillance. I believe what you do on your cell phone is none of their damn business.

Was the leaker in question, Ed Snowden, was he a traitor?

The president overstepped his authority when he asked the NSA to eavesdrop on Americans' international phone calls without obtaining a warrant.

Everybody spies on everybody, I mean, that's just a fact.

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.

I hope we follow Mr. Snowden to the ends of the Earth to bring him to justice.

There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation's laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens.

The president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor.

Effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from a number associated with a terrorist organization instead of three.

Some of you expressed surprise that I showed up-so many emails to read!

At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.

They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.

Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

Buy American Doesn’t Sell Well Anymore Because It Means Give A Copy To The NSA

My own dream is that we discover that the NSA has been secretly keeping files on members of the National Rifle Association.

I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things.