There is now the capacity to make tyranny total in America. Only law ensures that we never fall into that abyss—the abyss from which there is no return.

Like a black hole, NSA pulls in every signal that comes near, but no electron is ever allowed to escape.

Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government] do: that's why they're called public servants. They're supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that's why we're called private individuals.

There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.

I think this mass surveillance by the NSA was never about terrorism: It's all about economic spying & social control. It's all about POWER.