People say that [i'm a celebrity], but I've only had to sign autographs for "civ-libs" types. And I autograph court orders.
Edward SnowdenRadicals 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.
Edward SnowdenThe NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America.
Edward SnowdenWe need to put the security back in the National Security Agency. We can't have the national surveillance agency.
Edward SnowdenIf the United States is promoting the development of exploits, of vulnerabilities, of insecurity in this critical infrastructure, and we're not fixing it when we find it, instead we put it on the shelf so we can use it the next time we want to launch an attack against some foreign country. We're leaving ourselves at risk.
Edward Snowden