We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas.

Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be exposed to contrary ideas made by educated people who can make real, convincing, and persuasive arguments to deradicalise these people.

We don't have to ask for our privacy, we can take it back.

As for labeling someone a whistleblower, I think it does them - it does all of us - a disservice, because it "otherizes" us.

If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are reporting on American issues. If they see that as treason, I think people really need to consider who they think they're working for. The public is supposed to be their boss, not their enemy.

There is a technical solution to every political problem...

When it comes to the internet, when it comes to the United States' technical economy, we have more to lose than any other nation on earth.