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.

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

The FBI was creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around.

Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it.

Anyway, it's not true that the authorities cannot access the content of the phone even if there is no back door. When I was at the NSA, we did this every single day, even on Sundays. I believe that encryption is a civic responsibility, a civic duty.

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

I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.