{"quotes":[{"text":"These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.","author":"Edward Snowden","tags":["diplomatic-manipulation","economic-espionage","edward-snowden","leaking","leaks","mass-surveillance","nsa","power","snowden","social-control","surveillance","whistleblower","whistleblowing","xkeyscore"],"id":11888,"author_id":"Edward+Snowden"},{"text":"No president likes leaks, but it’s worth noting candidate Trump’s path to power was tread on a road of leaks. He didn’t have a problem with leaks then. It’s not a moral position if you only hold it when it applies to you.","author":"Jake Tapper","tags":["hypocrisy","leaks","morals","politics","president-trump","trump"],"id":228243,"author_id":"Jake+Tapper"},{"text":"Computer hackers are the true journalists in the 21st Century. The old journalism is worse than dead. It is unreliable to the point that it is nothing more than a nuisance, an obstacle in the pursuit of truth.","author":"A.E. Samaan","tags":["computer-hackers","journalism","journalists","leaks","mainstream-media"],"id":233056,"author_id":"A.E.+Samaan"},{"text":"It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted behind an extreme wall of secrecy. The very few leaks that we’ve had over the last decade are basically the only ways that we’ve had to learn what our government is doing.","author":"Glenn Greenwald","tags":["leaks","politics","secrecy","united-states"],"id":257500,"author_id":"Glenn+Greenwald"},{"text":"If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.","author":"Markus Zusak","tags":["leaks","soul"],"id":302562,"author_id":"Markus+Zusak"},{"text":"I wish all those involved in the Wikileaks matter in the spirit of truth (rather than as a cheap opportunity to screw with a .Gov they dislike) the very best. I hope that they'll bear in mind that truth is not some pure thing that brings light and scatters rose petals wherever it goes. It can hurt people that don't deserve to be hurt. It has thorns. Treat it gently. (From an open letter.).","author":"Adrián Lamo","tags":["adrian-lamo","leaks","politics","whistleblowers","wikileaks"],"id":384226,"author_id":"Adri%C3%A1n+Lamo"},{"text":"You will write about that... You will write this and this and this... You gonna do that and that......Promises and promises... Leaks in the holes!","author":"Deyth Banger","tags":["holes","leaks","lies","promises"],"id":409970,"author_id":"Deyth+Banger"},{"text":"Opponents past and present have the same essential weakness about them: first they want to use you, then they want to be you, then they want to snuff you out.","author":"Julian Assange","tags":["computers","hacking","journalism","leaks"],"id":460802,"author_id":"Julian+Assange"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":8,"pages":1}}