I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act.

I do everything on the computer. TV is obsolete technology for me.

The only thing I fear is the harmful effects on my family, who I won't be able to help any more. That's what keeps me up at night.

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

I don't think it is the most important thing. I think it is the fact that the director of national intelligence gave a false statement to Congress under oath, which is a felony. If we allow our officials to knowingly break the law publicly and face no consequences, we're instituting a culture of immunity, and this is what I think historically will actually be considered the biggest disappointment of the [Barack] Obama administration.

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

In America, we collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians.