I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

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It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we...

It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we...

TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data...

TIA was being used by real users, working on real data - foreign data. Data...

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy....

I really believe that we don't have to make a trade-off between security and privacy....

I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially...

I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially...

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the...

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the...

Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But...

Nobody - myself included - believes that we could ever achieve total information awareness. But...

I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same...

I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same...

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't...

You accept failure as a possible outcome of some of the experiments. If you don't...

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some...

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some...

Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be...

Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be...

The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would...

The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would...