Quote by: Edward Snowden

I was right outside the NSA [on 9/11], so I remember the tension on that day. I remember hearing on the radio, 'the plane's hitting,' and I remember thinking my grandfather, who worked for the FBI at the time, was in the Pentagon when the plane hit it...I take the threat of terrorism seriously, and I think we all do. And I think it's really disingenuous for the government to invoke and sort-of scandalize our memories to sort-of exploit the national trauma that we all suffered together and worked so hard to come through -- and to justify programs that have never been shown to keep us safe, but cost us liberties and freedoms that we don't need to give up, and that our Constitution says we should not give up.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdward Snowden
  • DescriptionAmerican whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor
  • AliasesEdward Joseph Snowden
  • BornJune 21, 1983
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSystem Administrator; Intelligence Officer; Security Guard; Intelligence Analysist
  • AwardsSam Adams Award; Fritz Bauer Prize; Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize; Right Livelihood Award; Stuttgart Peace Prize; Carl-von-Ossietzky-Medaille; Whistleblower Prize; Bjørnson Prize