The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.

The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law."

I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose.

The NSA was actually concerned back in the time of the crypto-wars with improving American security. Nowadays, we see that their priority is weakening our security, just so they have a better chance of keeping an eye on us.

If we don't do anything, if we go along with the status quo, we are going to have a mass surveillance world.

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

It's much more important for U.S. to be able to defend against foreign attacks than it is to be able to launch successful attacks against foreign adversaries.