Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.

If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time - and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

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

I love my country. I love my family. And I have dedicated my life to both of them.

It is interesting that so many people who become disenchanted, who protest against their own organizations, are people who contributed something to them and then saw how it was misused.

If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public