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Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, we discovered, its enabling force. Transparency is the only antidote.

— Glenn Greenwald No Place to Hide (2014)

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The history of human knowledge is nothing more than the realization that yesterday's pieties are actually shameful errors.

History leaves no doubt that collective coercion and control is both the intent and effect of state surveillance.

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To permit surveillance to take root on the Internet would mean subjecting virtually all forms of human interaction, planning, and even thought itself to comprehensive state examination.

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