Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American.
Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised – and it should be.
There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law.
The US government still has no idea what documents I have because encryption works.
Your rights matter, because you never know when you’re going to need them.
Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we’ve been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it.
It’s really hard to take that step-not only do I believe in something, I believe in it enough that I’m willing to set my own life on fire and burn it to the ground.
As a general rule, US-based multinationals should not be trusted until they prove otherwise. This is sad, because they have the capability to provide the best and most trusted services in the world if they actually desire to do so.
I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no privacy, and therefore no room for intellectual exploration and creativity.
Any analyst at any time can target anyone. Any selector, anywhere I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President.