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

For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.

They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.

Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.

The government usually announces it killed a Big Terrorist 5 or 6 different times before they're dead - they're almost like cats.

Nobody really even knows with whom the US is at war, or where. Everyone just knows that it is vital that it continue in unlimited form indefinitely.

The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's why they're called public servants. They're supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that's why we're called private individuals.