The question for us is not what new story will come out next. The question is, what are we going to do about it?

I love my country. I love my family. And I have dedicated my life to both of them.

My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.

We can't simply scare people into giving up their rights, on the basis, oh, this protects us from terrorism.

I have been a systems engineer, systems administrator, a senior adviser for the Central Intelligence Agency, a solutions consultant and a telecommunications information systems officer.

One concern I had while I was working actively in the intelligence community - being someone who had broad access, who was exposed to more reports than average individuals, who had a better understanding of the bigger picture - was that the post - World War II, post - Cold War directions of societies were either broadly authoritarian or [broadly] liberal or libertarian.

The public don't want to authorize the internet to become a battleground. We need to do everything we can as a society to keep that a neutral zone, to keep that an economic zone that can reflect our values, both politically, socially, and economically.