U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well.

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.

I am always disappointed with someone who loves me - how perfect can he be if he can't see through me?

You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.

I am a Democrat. But I am an independent Democrat.

Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.

A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.

Damon: "If you're going to be bad, be bad with a purpose or else you're not worth forgiving.

Listen...you can hear the colors flowering in the quiet of your soul

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.

Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya.