Nsa Quotes
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Those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in a repeat of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. The challenge is getting the details right, and that's not simple.
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The challenges posed by threats like terrorism, proliferation, and cyber attacks are not going away any time soon, and for our intelligence community to be effective over the long haul, we must maintain the trust of the American people and people around the world.
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The program grew out of a desire to address a gap identified after 9/11 ... The program does not involve the NSA examining the phone records of ordinary Americans. Rather, it consolidates these records into a database that the government can query if it has a specific lead - phone records that the companies already retain for business purposes.
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Our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments - as opposed to ordinary citizens - around the world, in the same way that the intelligence services of every other nation does. We will not apologize simply because our services may be more effective.
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A number of countries, including some who have loudly criticized the NSA, privately acknowledge that America has special responsibilities as the world's only superpower, that our intelligence capabilities are critical to meeting these responsibilities, and that they themselves have relied on the information we obtain to protect their own people.
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One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep the American people safe and our concerns about privacy. Because there are some trade-offs involved. I welcome this debate, and I think it's healthy for our democracy.
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We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties.
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With respect to the Internet and emails, this does not apply to U.S. citizens and it does not apply to people living in the United States.
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I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.
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US intelligence agencies will only use such data to meet specific security requirements: counterintelligence, counterterrorism, counterproliferation, cybersecurity, force protection for our troops and allies, and combating transnational crime, including sanctions evasion.
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What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.
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Effective immediately, we will only pursue phone calls that are two steps removed from a number associated with a terrorist organization instead of three.
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The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control
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We need to find a way forward to make sure that we can stop terrorists while protecting the privacy, and liberty, of innocent Americans.
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Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.
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So I think it's important to understand that your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed about exactly what we're doing.
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If any individual who objects to government policy can take it in their own hands to publicly disclose classified information, then we will never be able to keep our people safe or conduct foreign policy.
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The NSA's vision statement is: keep the problem going so the money keeps flowing.
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My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.