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This is part of a troubling pattern by the government of spying on peaceful groups.

Kathleen Taylor

The events inspired characters that truly existed, as well as fictitious people I had to invent. Sometimes the harsh reality was too much, too absurd. This was the case with the story of the cat who roamed from one trench to another and in the film ended up being imprisoned. In reality, the tom cat was accused of spying and was arrested by the French army, and then shot according to regulations.

Christian Carion

President Bush may believe he can authorize spying on Americans without judicial or congressional approval, but this program is illegal and we intend to put a stop to it.

Anthony D. Romero

Most of the shining objects that our people see over Iran's airspace are American spying equipment used to spy on Iran's nuclear and military facilities.

Ali Yunesi

We've got to have 11 guys spying this guy. He's that good.

Gene Chizik

We've built a new product called Family Safety Settings. We're calling it Family Safety, rather than Parental Control because people don't like that term ? parents don't like the idea of controlling, blocking or spying on their children.

Alan Packer

We can file this aggressive motion because we have proof that the spying program is illegal. The bottom line is the defendants have incriminated themselves -- President Bush admitted that he authorized and oversaw an illegal and unconstitutional program.

Shayana Kadidal

It's a form of acoustical spying that should raise red flags among computer security and privacy experts. If we were able to figure this out, it's likely that people with less honorable intentions can — or have — as well.

Doug Tygar

While everyone agrees on the need for aggressive deterrence of terrorism, the disclosure of unchecked domestic spying by the president is deeply troubling to many Americans.

Michael Greco

I say very clearly that Israel is not spying in the United States or against the United States.

Yuval Steinitz

In a sense I do feel very privileged. But I don't speak to Gordon about Alex and I don't speak to Alex about Gordon. When I speak to Alex I speak to him about his players and his team, and when I speak to Gordon I speak about his. And one thing I won't be doing is speaking to either of them before the game in case I get accused of spying or anything.

Mark Mcghee

Why is our government spying? We?re not a terrorist threat. Indeed, we?re a threat to the administration?s policies. The administration knows the American people [oppose Bush?s policies] when they?re fully informed.

Ann Mauney

It's really designed to take the ability to stay anonymous away from consumers. Businesses in this space are renowned for changing data protection policy when it suits them. Who can guarantee they are not adding the names and info you provide to the ad networks that make their money by spying on you?

David Banisar

The president needs to rein in -- not bolster -- the attorney general's insatiable appetite for new and unnecessary spying powers.

Anthony D. Romero

No one complained about the [NSA] spying during that administration. Now suddenly these Senators and a federal judge are shocked.

Sid Francis

The notion that they are engaged in spying activities is completely ridiculous, and CNN totally rejects it.

Chris Cramer

We believe that spying on American citizens for no good reason is fundamentally un-American, that it's not the place of the government or the best use of resources to spy on its own citizens and we want it to stop. We want the spies in our government to pack their bags, close up their notebooks, take their cameras home and not engage in the spying anymore.

Gerald Weber

For the first time since the Watergate-era abuses, the NSA is spying on Americans again, and on a large scale. The Bush administration has swept aside nearly 30 years of rules and regulations and has secretly brought the NSA back into the business of domestic espionage.

James Risen

It isn't exactly a huge success on our part, because the spying has already happened.

Josh Sonnenfeld

I can tell you with confidence that Israel is not spying in the United States or in the Pentagon -- period, ... Since the [Jonathan] Pollard case 20 years ago, there was clear and firm decision not to spy against the United States government or in the United States, and therefore I am 100 percent confident that there is no Israeli involvement in this case.

Yuval Steinitz

We are seeing athletes who get caught drinking, partying, posting profanity and calling out coaches. Student-athletes feel it's spying ... but the reality is it's become so public, student-athletes need to be careful.

Brian Gray

This announcement doesn't make the spying null and void. While some may see this as a positive sign, I'm worried what this may mean.

Josh Sonnenfeld

These kinds of actions by the government are clearly not good for business. Consumers who are concerned that they may be spied on are likely to reduce the scope and frequency of online activities that may be subject to spying.

David Schatsky

U.S. spying activities over Iranian airspace have been going since a long time ago.

Ali Yunesi

What I've found is that a lot of times, if a guy is that good that you're spying on him, he's probably better than your spy guy. We've got to have 11 guys spying on him.

Gene Chizik

The judges felt that, in a field of hugely important investigations, the revelation of systematic domestic spying by the government was the most important. They wanted to send a message that this kind of reporting is essential to our democracy.

Alex Jones