“Ever since we’ve had electronic communications, and particularly during a time of war, presidents have authorized the electronic surveillance of the enemy.”
“Preventing surveillance of millions of people at a time is totally within our ability.”
“The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.”
“NSA surveillance is a complex subject – legally, technically and operationally.”
“As digital communications have multiplied, and NSA capabilities with them, the agency has shifted resources from surveillance of individual targets to the acquisition of communications on a planetary scale.”
“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!”
“I’m positively enthusiastic about American surveillance policies.”
“I don’t think there’s much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.”
“No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.”
“The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America.”
“Surveillance breeds conformity.”
“The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera.”
“Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.”
“There is no better illustration of that crisis than the fact that the president is openly violating our nation’s laws by authorizing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens.”
“The Internet is the most liberating tool for humanity ever invented, and also the best for surveillance. It’s not one or the other. It’s both.”
“Surveillance induced morality: relics of cultural retardation.”
“Representation is a sort of surveillance.”
“Legal and bureaucratic impediments to surveillance should be removed.”
“Laws and regulations are supposed to restrict the kind of surveillance governments do. In fact, the U.S. government is quite restricted in what kind of surveillance they can do on U.S. citizens. The problem is that 96 percent of the planet is not U.S. citizens.”
“I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.”
“Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn’t be significantly expanded to a certain degree.”
“While President Obama may not have ordered any surveillance of Trump or his advisors, the real question is whether he or Attorney General Loretta Lynch were aware of or approved of any surveillance of Trump and his staff during the campaign.”
“Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.”
“I spent a lot of time with the LAPD. I spent six weeks training, weapons training, ride-alongs, surveillance, interviewing them, in all different departments and divisions.”
“Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements.”
“Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.”
“Gaza itself is subject to constant aerial surveillance by drones and is rife with informers and collaborators with Israel.”
“I want to help develop a visual and cultural vocabulary around surveillance.”
“We didn’t have to use technology to build a surveillance state.”
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