It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
Edward SnowdenWe have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain.
Edward SnowdenI don't think it is the most important thing. I think it is the fact that the director of national intelligence gave a false statement to Congress under oath, which is a felony. If we allow our officials to knowingly break the law publicly and face no consequences, we're instituting a culture of immunity, and this is what I think historically will actually be considered the biggest disappointment of the [Barack] Obama administration.
Edward SnowdenAs for my personal politics, some people seem to think I'm some kind of archlibertarian, a hyper-conservative.
Edward Snowden