"The NSA is building a database of everyone's calls, emails, texts, chats, searches, locations, and financial transactions."

"The government is not a monolith. It's made up of people, and people make mistakes."

"Transparency is not a threat to national security; it's a safeguard against abuse."

"I mean, how many times have we heard, 'If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear'? And it's a very simple argument, and it's a very easy argument to sort of understand. But that argume…"

"I'm not a spy, I'm a public servant."