America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics.

They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them.

Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.

If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price.

This whole pre-criminal investigation, where we watch everybody, all the time, just in case, is really an extraordinary departure from the Western liberal tradition.

I went to St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg is awesome.

Extremists are not going to disappear.