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

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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 ma...more

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No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.

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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 t...more

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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 b...more

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Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality, we aren't ...more

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