Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%. Edward Snowden simplysurveillancesuspicionless Change image and share on social
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 allowawarenessgovernment Change image and share on social
What does that mean for a society, for a democracy, when the people that you elect on the basis of promises can basically suborn the will of the electorate? Edward Snowden basicallybasisdemocracy Change image and share on social
You could watch entire villages and see what everyone was doing. I watched NSA tracking people's Internet activities as they typed. I became aware of just how invasive U.S. surveillance capabilities had become. I realized the true breadth of this system. And almost nobody knew it was happening. Edward Snowden activityawarebreadth share on social
I wanted to fight in the Iraq war because I felt like I had an obligation as a human being to help free people from oppression. Edward Snowden feltfightfree Change image and share on social
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards. Edward Snowden automaticallybuildcapability share on social
Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries. Edward Snowden adversaryconstitutioncountry share on social
It's been vindicating to see the reaction from lawmakers, judges, public bodies around the world, civil liberties activists who have said it's true that we have a right to at least know the broad outlines of what our government's doing in our name and what it's doing against us. Edward Snowden activistbodybroad share on social
No one would argue that it's in the United States' interest to have independent knowledge of the plans and intentions of foreign countries. But we need to think about where to draw the line on these kind of operations so we're not always attacking our allies, the people we trust, the people we need to rely on, and to have them in turn rely on us. Edward Snowden allyargueattack share on social
America is a fundamentally good country. We have good people with good values who want to do the right thing. But the structures of power that exist are working to their own ends to extend their capability at the expense of the freedom of all publics. Edward Snowden americacapabilitycountry share on social