Quotes and Sayings About Nsa
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I can assure you, this is not about spying on the American people.
-- Al Franken -
The surveillance state has run amok. Technology that's enabled us to send selfies 24/7 - not that valuable - has also enabled us to be spied upon us 24/7.
-- Alexis Ohanian -
We need trust among allies and partners. Such trust now has to be built anew.
-- Angela Merkel -
They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
-- Bob Woodward -
Buy American Doesn’t Sell Well Anymore Because It Means Give A Copy To The NSA
-- Bruce Schneier -
There's something totally crazy about this.
-- Carl Bernstein -
Look at it this way: this administration is taking unprecedented steps to make sure that the government's secrets remain private while simultaneously invading the privacy of its citizens... Many innocents must be violated so that a few guilty people can be stopped. It's a digital stop-and-frisk...
-- Charles M. Blow -
The intelligence activities undertaken by the United States government are lawful, necessary and required to protect Americans from terrorist attacks
-- Dana Perino -
In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release of NSA material, and that definitely includes the Pentagon Papers 40 years ago.
-- Daniel Ellsberg -
There is no more direct or honest person than Jim Clapper.
-- Dianne Feinstein -
I am not a high-tech techie, but I have been told that is not possible.
-- Dianne Feinstein -
It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programs is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are fully informed as to what is actually being carried out by the intelligence community.
-- Dianne Feinstein -
I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.
-- Edward Snowden -
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 -
I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a chance to see these issues determined by open courts. Today, a secret program authorized by a secret court was, when exposed to the light of day, found to violate Americans' rights. It is the first of many.
-- Edward Snowden -
We watch our own people more closely than anyone else in the world.
-- Edward Snowden -
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 -
The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.
-- Edward Snowden -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it.
-- Edward Snowden -
Congress must go further to protect the right to privacy, to end the NSA's dragnet surveillance of ordinary Americans, to make the intelligence community more transparent and accountable.
-- Elizabeth Warren -
With all do respect, senator, I don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. I'd be more than glad to come back in an appropriate setting to discuss the issues that you have raised.
-- Eric Holder -
To those in the executive branch who say 'just trust us' when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications, I say, 'Remember your history.'
-- Eric Holder -
What is at stake is preserving our relations with the United States. They should not be changed because of what has happened. But trust has to be restored and reinforced.
-- Francois Hollande -
The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
-- Gail Collins -
My own dream is that we discover that the NSA has been secretly keeping files on members of the National Rifle Association.
-- Gail Collins -
It’s just simply the fact that the NSA does not think anybody should be able to communicate anywhere on the Earth without them being able to invade it.
-- Glenn Greenwald -
The key question: will the NSA continue to monitor hundreds of millions of people without any suspicion? Under Obama's proposals: Yes.
-- Glenn Greenwald
