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It's been vindicating to see the reaction from lawmakers, judges, public bodies around the world, civil liberties activists who have said it's true that we have a right to at least know the broad outlines of what our government's doing in our name and what it's doing against us.

The public is always right.

I believe people have a right to know what's going on with their information and how it's collected, how it's stored and who gets it.

Taking privacy cues from the federal government is - to say the least - ironic, considering today's Orwellian level of surveillance. At virtually any given time outside of one's own home, an American citizen can reasonably assume his movements and actions are being monitored by something, by somebody, somewhere.

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

The president has a right to discuss his national security policies with the public. But that should be done in the light of day without endangering our sources or methods. The public has no need to know details about intelligence assets or special operations units. Such disclosures endanger those who protect us.

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.

While everyone has a right to his or her opinion, the people who are informed have more of a right.

If you're a public figure, people have the right to speculate and gossip.

We have a responsibility to show the public the kinds of truths that they don't see on the TV news or the Hollywood film.