What the government wants is something they never had before. They want total awareness. The question is, is that something we should be allowing?

Edward Snowden
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  1. These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

  2. We'd do well to remember that at the end of the day, the law doesn't defend us; we defend the law. And when it becomes contrary to our morals, we have both the right and the responsibility to rebalance it toward just ends.

  3. I was right outside the NSA [on 9/11], so I remember the tension on that day. I remember hearing on the radio, 'the plane's hitting, ' and I remember thinking my grandfather, who worked for the FBI at the time, was in the Pentagon when...

  4. Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

  5. Study after study has show that human behavior changes when we know we’re being watched. Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively *are* less free.

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