In the United States the White House has appointed two different independent panels who had full access to classified information for the last 10 years that master balance has been in place in the United States, and they found that despite intercepting the calls - everybody in the country, - it had never stopped a single terrorist attack. So the question is, why would these officials be pursuing these policies, if we know they don't work, if they don't stop terrorism?
Edward SnowdenMy perspective is if you're not willing to be called a few names to help out your country, you don't care enough.
Edward SnowdenWe have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain.
Edward SnowdenThe issue is we're losing leverage. Governments are increasingly getting more power and we are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and even to be aware of that power.
Edward SnowdenEveryone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten โ and theyโre talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillance state.
Edward Snowden