"I don’t see myself as a hero because what I’m doing is self-interested: I don’t want to live in a world where there’s no privacy."

"I don’t want to live in a world where everything I say and do is recorded."

"I've been a government employee for a long time. I've seen a lot of things. And I've come to the conclusion that the government is not always right."

"The government has a duty to protect its citizens, but it also has a duty to protect their freedoms."

"I realize that I'm going to be made to suffer for my actions."