Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.
Edward SnowdenThat's one of the biggest issues that we see in the question of governments right now, I think, in the Western world. Is that increasingly all of our elected officials are pulled from the same class. These aren't normal people. I don't want to say they're all terrible people, but at the same time, they're not like you and me. These are people who have sort of a nine to five working history.
Edward SnowdenEver since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.
Edward SnowdenSince the revelations, we have seen a massive sea change in the technological basis and makeup of the Internet.
Edward SnowdenIf I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time - and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants.
Edward Snowden