Quotes by Nsa There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency. Edward Snowden nsa government office You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to the Constitution - to protect it against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That's the oath that I kept, that James Clapper and former NSA director Keith Alexander did not. You raise your hand and you take the oath in your class when you are on board. All government officials are made to do it who work for the intelligence agencies - at least, that's where I took the oath. Edward Snowden nsa class hands My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them. Edward Snowden nsa done names The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. [People] won't be willing to take the risks necessary to stand up and fight to change things And in the months ahead, the years ahead, it's only going to get worse. [The NSA will] say that because of the crisis, the dangers that we face in the world, some new and unpredicted threat, we need more authority, we need more power, and there will be nothing the people can do at that point to oppose it. And it will be turnkey tyranny. Edward Snowden nsa fighting years Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybody's phone calls and the [Government Communications Headquarters] was monitoring lawyers and journalists, people raised eyebrows and called you a conspiracy theorist. Those days are over. Edward Snowden nsa eyebrows communication We need the security standards to apply to the internet. We need to be able to trust that when we send our emails through Verizon, that Verizon isn't sharing with the NSA, that Verizon isn't sharing them with the FBI or German intelligence or French intelligence or Russian intelligence or Chinese intelligence. Edward Snowden nsa email chinese I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines. Edward Snowden nsa understanding people I can do more good outside of prison... This country is worth dying for. Edward Snowden nsa dying country We watch our own people more closely than anyone else in the world. Edward Snowden nsa watches people When Clapper raised his hand and lied to the American public, was anyone tried? Were any charges brought? Within 24 hours of going public, I had three charges against me. Edward Snowden nsa three hands It's clear the CIA was trying to play 'keep away' with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that's a serious constitutional concern. But it's equally if not more concerning that we're seeing another 'Merkel Effect,' where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it's a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them. Edward Snowden nsa rights play All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago. Edward Snowden nsa able long Let's put it this way. The United States government has assembled a massive investigation team into me personally, into my work with the journalists, and they still have no idea what documents were provided to the journalist, what they have, what they don't have, because encryption works. Edward Snowden nsa team government The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. Edward Snowden nsa lying america Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free. Edward Snowden observation nsa mean The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. Edward Snowden nsa greatest-fear america The NSA and Israel wrote Stuxnet together. Edward Snowden nsa israel together Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it. Edward Snowden nsa destroyed citizens Suspicionless surveillance has no place in a democracy. The next 60 days are a historic opportunity to rein in the NSA, but the only one who can end the worst of its abuses is you. Call your representatives and tell them that the unconstitutional 'bulk collection' of Americans' private records under Section 215 of the Patriot Act must end. Edward Snowden nsa abuse opportunity To do that they, the NSA specifically, targets the communications of everyone. It ingests them by default. It collects them in its system and it filters them and it analyses them and it measures them and it stores them for periods of time simply because that's the easiest, most efficient, and most valuable way to achieve these ends. So while they may be intending to target someone associated with a foreign government or someone they suspect of terrorism, they're collecting you're communications to do so. Edward Snowden nsa communication government «12345678910»
