I carefully evaluated every single document I disclosed to ensure that each was legitimately in the public interest. There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over, because harming people isn't my goal. Transparency is.

The public interest is not always the same as the national interest. Going to war with people who are not our enemy in places that are not a threat doesn't make us safe, and that applies whether it's in Iraq or on the Internet. The Internet is not the enemy. Our economy is not the enemy.

Small gestures can have a big impact.

Public interest is a very unruly horse.

As the contest proceeded, public interest increased and the entire country watched to see which company would win the big government subsidies through the mountains.

Whatever concerns health is of real public interest.