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They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them.

Edward Snowden

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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
Computer Scientist
Dissident
Intelligence Analyst
Intelligence Officer
Security Guard
System Administrator
Whistleblower
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Edward Joseph Snowden
Ed Snowden
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There is a technical solution to every political problem...
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I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.
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Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People's Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech.
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The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity in secret to extend their powers beyond what is necessary and appropriate.
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The power of the presidency is important, but it is not determinative.
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I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.
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Radicals are not going to disappear. They're going to go underground. They're going to be hardened. And they're not going to be exposed to contrary ideas made by educated people who can make real, convincing, and persuasive arguments to deradicalise these people.
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The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed.
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I'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watching what's happening, and goes, 'This is something that's not our place to decide.' The public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong.
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I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice.
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When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.
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And that's not something I'm willing to support, it's not something I'm willing to build and it's not something I'm willing to live under.
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There's no saving me.
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Being confronted with the realization that work you intended to benefit people is being used against them has a radicalizing effect.
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