The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.

When Clapper raised his hand and lied to the American public, was anyone tried? Were any charges brought? Within 24 hours of going public, I had three charges against me.

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

I don't go out and play football and stuff - that's not me. I want to think, I want to build, I want to talk, I want to create.

I can do more good outside of prison... This country is worth dying for.

If Congress is going to investigate baseball players about whether or not they told the truth, how can we justify giving the most powerful intelligence official, [James] Clapper, a pass? This is how J. Edgar Hoover ended up in charge of the FBI forever.

I saw things that reached a point that I could no longer conscientiously participate with them. And I simply do what I could to allow the public to make a better decision about whether or not these things should continue.