Nathan Freed Wessler, a Staff Attorney with ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project:

The border is not a constitution-free zone.

NYT Editorial Board:

The Constitution is not Candy Crush.

Mark Rasch:

If you're looking everywhere for spies, you will find spies everywhere, even where they don't exist.

Paul Goodman:

As a moral philosopher, a technician should be able to criticize the programs given him to implement.

David Cole:

As a result of the digital revolution and the third-party doctrine, the face of privacy has changed, and it will continue to change dramatically. Unless we respond appropriately, we are in danger of seeing privacy go the way of the eight-track player. And that has immense consequences not only for our personal lives, but for the character of our country.

danah boyd:

There was something about how our society socialized parents into parenting that produced the culture of fear.

Former FBI assistant director Thomas Fuentes:

You know, it's my opposite of Jesse Jackson's 'Keep Hope Alive' -- it's 'Keep Fear Alive.' Keep it alive.

Douglasville Deputy Chief Gary E. Sparks:

It's better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.