You have to remember the way the internet works, when you communicate with the server, it's very likely not in your country. It's somewhere else in the world.

The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to.

I don't think it's going to be related to social or economic policies; it's going to be the fact that [Barack Obama] said let's go forward, not backward, in regard to the violations of law that occurred under the Bush administration.

My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.

When it is made to appear as though not knowing everything about everyone is an existential crisis, then you feel that bending the rules is okay. Once people hate you for bending those rules, breaking them becomes a matter of survival.

My perspective is if you're not willing to be called a few names to help out your country, you don't care enough.

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.