All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed. That is a milestone we left a long time ago.

If I target for example an email address, for example under FAA 702, and that email address sent something to you, Joe America, the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. And it gets saved for a very long time - and can be extended further with waivers rather than warrants.

I just wanted to play a cowboy for a long time.

For a long time, I wanted children. When I was about 30 or 32, I really thought about it.

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.

The only time you can be completely free from risk is when you're in prison.