Donations to my legal defense fund really help, and I think keeping me motivated and spreading the message are also very important.

Investigative journalism and reporting has become much more dangerous. This is especially true for journalists and sources in National Security - but it has been getting pretty bad for beat reporters and small outlets doing local reporting, too.

I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan were targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

If an organization produces a document, it should be made public as soon as possible.

It's not my goal to be a leader or spokesperson, or anything like that.