But when Americans lack the most basic information about our domestic surveillance programs, they have no way of knowing whether we’re getting that balance right. This lack of transparency is a big problem.
AL FRANKENI don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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Technology is an incredible tool – it connects people to each other.
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And the agencies concluded that the Russians had a clear preference for President Trump.
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When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn’t exist.
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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government.
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Apple has long been a leading innovator of mobile technology; I myself own an iPhone.
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I just can’t sit still and meditate; that doesn’t kind of work for me. I don’t even know exactly what it means.
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The nature of the Internet and the importance of net neutrality is that innovation can come from everyone.
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I think Hell exists on Earth. It’s a psychological state, or it can be a physical state.
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It’s easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world.
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I don’t know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can’t see it.
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When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.
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Veterans report that service dogs help break their isolation. People will often avert their eyes when they see a wounded veteran.
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I think the Internet has developed at this incredibly rapid pace because of net neutrality, because of the free nature of it, because a YouTube can start the way YouTube started.
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If you use a cell phone – as I do – your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
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