It Is Urgent To Prevent New U.s.

I See Edward Snowden As Someone Who Has Chosen, At Best, Exile From The Country He Loves-with A Serious Risk Of His Assassination By Agents Of His Government Or Life In Prison (in Solitary Confinement)-to Awaken Us To The Danger Of Our Loss Of Democracy To A Total-surveilla Nce State

There Should Be At Least One Leak Like The Pentagon Papers Every Year.

Look, All Administrations, All Governments Lie, All Officials Lie And Nothing They Say Is To Be Believed. That's A Pretty Good Rule.

But It Is Important Always To Keep In Mind That The Danger Of Harming Humans Is Not Connected Only Or Even Mainly With Telling Secrets, There Can Be Great Danger In Keeping Secrets.

We Need The Courage To Face The Truth About What We Are Doing In The World And Act Responsibly To Change It.