We have to be able to reject disproportionate and unjustified responses in the cyber domain just as we do in the physical domain.

All the governments just want to have more power when it comes to economic espionage, diplomatic manipulation and political influence.

When it comes to cyber warfare, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth. The technical sector is the backbone of the American economy, and if we start engaging in these kind of behaviors, in these kind of attacks, we're setting a standard, we're creating a new international norm of behavior that says this is what nations do. This is what developed nations do.

You shouldn't send an email from a computer that's associated with you if you don't want it to be tracked back to you. You don't want to hack the power plant from your house if you don't want them to follow the trail back and see your IP address.

Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.

When the police officers knock on your door with a warrant, they don't expect you to give them a tour. It's supposed to be an adversarial process so that it's used in these extraordinary powers are applied only when there's no alternative. Only when they're absolutely necessary, and only when they're proportionate to the threat faced by these individuals.

If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public