US spend more on research and development than the other countries, so we shouldn't be making the internet a more hostile, a more aggressive territory.

Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be exposed to contrary ideas made by educated people who can make real, convincing, and persuasive arguments to deradicalise these people.

My perspective is if you're not willing to be called a few names to help out your country, you don't care enough.

I'm not a spy for Russia or China or any other country for that matter.

Your rights matter, because you never know when you're going to need them.

All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.

It's fascinating to see how things have changed. Basically, every time the US government gets off the soapbox of the Sunday-morning talk shows, the average American's support for the surveillance revelations grows.