The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?

A given order may at any given time fail to represent those values, even work against those values. I think that's the dynamic we're seeing today.

One of the reasons that I came forward and sort burned of my life to the ground, and I can't go back and see my family in the United States - I obviously lost my job, which I was quite comfortable with. I lost my home. It was because I felt there was no alternative.

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.

I don't want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded.

I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.

We decentralise the ability to decide the level of publicity that's attached to any of our communications.