"I was in a lot of pain, and I was going through a lot of changes in my life, and I was kind of going through an identity crisis. And I was just kind of like, I don't know what's going on."

"I also felt that given the political climate in the United States, that this information would not be released in any other way."

"I’m not a traitor. I’m not a spy. I’m a whistleblower."

"I had this idea that if I were to just dump all of this information out into the public, that it would start a public debate."

"I’m not interested in being a martyr. I’m interested in changing things."