There is a massive apparatus within the United States government that with complete secrecy has been building this enormous structure that has only one goal, and that is to destroy privacy and anonymity, not just in the United States, but around the world.

My inbox is the enemy.

I personally think honestly disclosing rather than hiding one's subjective values makes for more honest and trustworthy journalism. But no journalism - from the most stylistically 'objective' to the most brazenly opinionated - has any real value unless it is grounded in facts, evidence, and verifiable data.

Surveillance breeds conformity.

What keeps a person passive and compliant,” he explained, “is fear of repercussions, but once you let go of your attachment to things that don’t ultimately matter – money, career, physical safety – you can overcome that fear.

It is always unconscionable for the government to punish people for expressing an idea merely because government officials – or the majority of citizens – decide that those ideas are ‘dangerous’ or ‘wrong.’ That is a power nobody ought to possess.

The key question: will the NSA continue to monitor hundreds of millions of people without any suspicion? Under Obama’s proposals: Yes.

When you cheer for the erosion of Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs rights, you’re cheering for the erosion of your own.

Privacy is a core condition of being a free person.

It’s so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don’t actually believe.