I have used mass surveillance to target people, so I do know how it works.

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.

Most of the secrets the CIA has are about people, not machines and systems, so I didn't feel comfortable with disclosures that I thought could endanger anyone.

We've got crazy little sites going up against established media behemoths.

I do everything on the computer. TV is obsolete technology for me.

We decentralise the ability to decide the level of publicity that's attached to any of our communications.

I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant.