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

What defines patriotism, for me, is the idea that one rises to act on behalf of one's country.

The chairs [in Congress] are part of the "Gang of Eight." They get briefed on every covert-action program and everything like that. They know where all the bodies are buried. At the same time, they get far more campaign donations than anybody else from defense contractors, from intelligence corporations, from private military companies.

Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.

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.

If I had to guess what the future's going to look like for me - assuming it's not an orange jumpsuit in a hole - I think I'm going to alternate between tech and policy.

We have to recognise that rights are being violated. The United Nations actually filed a report that found that that was the case, that mass surveillance is a violation of rights.