The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.

Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.

Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.

In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS.

Daniel Ellsberg showed tremendous courage back in the 70s.

When the New York Times revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.

The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events.

No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.

Most computers today have built in backup software.

I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.

Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.

You priests. You're all the same. You think fasting helps you think about God, when anyone who can cook would tell you that fasting just makes you think about food.

When you heart and soul are in it, making love is not just special, Maryah-- it's magical.

Pain happens to everyone. To grow up, to fulfill your potential, to develop into what God wants you to be-this process takes support. No one succeeds alone.

So many worlds, So much to see and do, So little seen and done by others, means many more things to be seen and done by extraordinary you.

History's a resource.

Love when it comes, its easy. But when it leaves, its like dying.

When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't.

For a boy or girl, driving cars that they love is fun.

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!