The War on Terror has been and continues to be, above all, a war on the most basic liberties and political safeguards that we're all taught are what distinguishes the US and keeps it free.

An elite class that is free to operate without limits - whether limits imposed by the rule of law or fear of the responses from those harmed by their behavior - is an elite class that will plunder, degrade, and cheat at will, and act endlessly to fortify its own power.

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.

Many of the most important stories in the history of modern journalism have come from sources who have taken information without authorization.

The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations.

Transparency is for those who carry out public duties and exercise public power. Privacy is for everyone else.