Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

An investigation found the specific people who authorized the warrantless wiretapping of millions and millions of communications, which per count would have resulted in the longest sentences in world history, and our highest official simply demanded the investigation be halted. Who "can" be brought up on charges is immaterial when the rule of law is not respected. Laws are meant for you, not for them.

I hope you have read the election programme of the Labour Party...this is not socialism. It is Bolshevism run mad.

We have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain.

We have to argue forcefully and demand that the government recognise that these programmes do not prevent - mass surveillance does not prevent acts of terrorism.

What I wanted to do was give society the information it needed to decide if it wanted to change the system.

[Occupy Wall Street] had an impact on consciousness. It was not effective in realizing change.