51 Quotes by Katharine Gun

I'm a fairly happy-go-lucky person, generally fairly optimistic, but there were points when I was down.

I worked for GCHQ, which stands for Government Communications Headquarters, and is the equivalent of the NSA here in the U.S.

I grew up in Taiwan, which was a military dictatorship.

If you are a journalist, check and double-check your sources. Don't just swallow what politicians tell you.

I think of journalists as being bullet-proof in a way.

I was a housewife, I suppose, and luckily I have a very high boredom threshold.

I didn't feel at all guilty about what I did, so I couldn't plead guilty, even though I would get a more lenient sentence.

First of all, I never set out to be a whistleblower. Secondly, I never expected that my story would be interesting to anybody. Third of all, you know, I was actually terrified of being named, of being identified.

I've never met Snowden, I've never spoken with him personally. I mean, he's extremely smart. Very, very smart. I guess he was a lot less naive than I was.