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Edward Joseph "Ed" Snowden is an American computer specialist and former CIA employee and NSA contractor who disclosed classified details of several top secret United States, Israeli, and British government mass surveillance programs to the press.

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Free societies do not restructure the rights, that the public is entitled to, for the convenience of spies and police.

– Edward Snowden

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I have not called (Chinese) President Xi personally or (Russian) President Putin personally and the reason is because, number one, I shouldn’t have to, this is something that routinely is dealt with between law enforcement officials in various countries.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 1 year ago

No, the Obama administration is afraid of you, it is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised – and it should be.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 1 year ago

These are the old, bad tools of political aggression, their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who would come after me.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 1 year ago

There is nothing more foreseeable as a public health crisis in a world where we are just living on top of each other in crowded and polluted cities, than a pandemic.

– Edward Snowden

Found on FOX News 4 years ago

Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom.

– Edward Snowden

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

They could be arrested any time, the children could be separated from their parents, and the families could be returned to the very places where they faced torture or worse.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 6 years ago

The bottom line is that it became harder for us in the intelligence community to keep Americans safe. It became harder to monitor the communications of terrorist organizations that are bent on bringing bloodshed to our shores. Snowden’s disclosures helped these groups find ways to hide themselves in the crowded digital forest.

– Edward Snowden

Found on FOX News 7 years ago

I admitted that I did not have a plan beyond getting straight out of there (Hong Kong), I planned to ask the world for justice and see what happened. It was kind of surprising how that worked out.

– Edward Snowden

Found on Reuters 7 years ago

When there is enough in the public record, you don't really get to decide whether or not the movie gets made.

– Edward Snowden

Found on Reuters 7 years ago

I spoke at length just about personal values and just what it meant to me with the things that were happening since 2013, i guess he liked it. People do seem to respond to that.

– Edward Snowden

Found on Reuters 7 years ago

You aren't even allowed to explain to a jury what your motivations were for revealing this information. It is simply a question of 'did you reveal information?' If yes, you go to prison for the rest of your life.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 8 years ago

So far, they've said they won't torture me, which is a start, I think, but we haven't gotten much further than that.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 8 years ago

I regret I didn't come forward sooner, because the longer you wait with programs like this, the more deeply entrenched they become, i have paid a price but I feel comfortable with the decisions that I have made. If I'm gone tomorrow, I'm happy with what I had. I feel blessed.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 8 years ago

The Espionage Act finds anyone guilty who provides any information to the public, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, you aren't even allowed to explain to a jury what your motivations were for revealing this information. It is simply a question of 'did you reveal information?' If yes, you go to prison for the rest of your life.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 8 years ago

I've volunteered to go to prison with the government many times. What I won't do is I won't serve as a deterrent to people trying to do the right thing in difficult situations, so far, they've said they won't torture me, which is a start, I think, but we haven't gotten much further than that.

– Edward Snowden

Found on CNN 8 years ago

Meanwhile, a thousand people at Fort Meade just opened Twitter.

– Edward Snowden

Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Switzerland still has an active U.S. espionage presence, I think that is true of other countries as well... espionage is illegal in Switzerland.

– Edward Snowden