It's not everyday that a whistleblower is actually willing to be identified.

The free software community should be supported more widely. I’m totally in solidarity with what they do.

I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all.

In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.

That's a question you'd have to present to people in the White House.

The fact that the CIA knew that two of the 9/11 hijackers were entering the United States and didn't notify the FBI and that nobody lost their job is shocking. Instead, we occupied Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11. I mean, how did those choices get made?

One of the things that I think is true is that encryption actually is able to secure our communications, that every individual can use encryption, and that it's accessible and in many cases free.