These [NSA] programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

As I said before, [patriotism] is distinct from acting to benefit the government - a distinction that's increasingly lost today.

In the end, the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.

I'm ultimately satisfied that we know a little bit more about how the world really works.

The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations.

As a general rule, US-based multinationals should not be trusted until they prove otherwise. This is sad, because they have the capability to provide the best and most trusted services in the world if they actually desire to do so.

I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.