When you use any kind of internet based capability, any kind of electronic capability, to cause damage to a private entity or a foreign nation or a foreign actor, these are potential acts of war.

I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.

I can do more good outside of prison... This country is worth dying for.

I hate these questions - I don't like talking about this stuff [popular culture], because it's so... to me, it's so ordinary.

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.

The NSA was actually concerned back in the time of the crypto-wars with improving American security. Nowadays, we see that their priority is weakening our security, just so they have a better chance of keeping an eye on us.

I don't want to live in a world where there's no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.