LT. COL. RALPH PETERS: Now you got this 29-year-old high school dropout whistle blower making foreign policy for our country, our security policy, and the guy -- I think it's sad, we've made treason cool. Betraying your country is kind of a fashion statement. He wants to be the national security Kim Kardashian, he cites Bradley Manning as a hero. I

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Look, everything that we have can be abused. We have a police department where the cops have guns and they can shoot, and they can shoot illegally or incompetently or crazily, but you don't abolish the police for that reason. And you have instances of police misconduct. So, you have to ask yourself is this in principle -- a pro

JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO: I would describe this man as an American hero, as a person willing to risk life, limb and liberty in order to expose to the American people one of the most extraordinary violations of the American principles, value judgments and the constitution itself in all of our history. A person so familiar with the intelligence co

CARNEY: He thinks this is a worthy subject of discussion. This is not the manner by which he had hoped to have this debate, he spoke about this just a few weeks ago, in his long speech at the National Defense University. He spoke about a number of matters, but actually spoke about surveillance and privacy and national security, specifically. And he

DAVID AXELROD: The difference between now and 2005 and 2006 is that there are additional safeguards built in. There is additional legislative review. There is a requirement that if any action is taken on the basis of these records -- and remember, they're not listening to calls. They have no idea what the content of these calls is, they're just --

ED HENRY, FOX NEWS: You mentioned the President's comments on Friday. To follow on what Jessica was asking about oversight -- on Friday, you referred to that -- the President said, "Every member of Congress has been briefed on this program." Why, then, are not just Republicans but Democrats like Keith Ellison saying, I heard nothing about this.

NEIL CAVUTO: All these invasions of our personal privacy under the guise of protecting us. Are just wrong. This is no longer about keeping us safe. This is about keeping us safely under the government's eye. And it's clear the government is watching, all the time. So I'm not here now, nor was I this weekend, to hear anyone trying to protect a

MIKA BRZEZINSKI: This is an incredibly important question that affects all of us. We have to put it in perspective. I want to bring Richard Haass in but, quickly — I just want an answer, yes or no — isn’t it the case that reviewing of emails or any wiretapping cannot take place without an additional warrant from a judge and a review? I mean,

RUSH LIMBAUGH: We're looking now at this Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old young man who has gone public with the PRISM program. And the real danger here -- and look, John Bolton is out. Snerdley's livid at this guy. A lot of people are. John Bolton is out saying, "This guy is a traitor and he needs to be charged and tried as a traitor." And ther

CHRIS WALLACE: General Hayden, let's talk first of all about the general reaction you have to Senator Paul. I'm going to get into specific issues with you. As a man who used to run these programs, how important and how effective have they been in keeping us safe and how do you feel when you hear

NBC's Andrea Mitchell interviewed Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for a segment that aired on Sunday's broadcast of the Today Show. ANDREA MITCHELL: At the same time, when Americans woke up and learned because of these leaks that every single telephone call in this United States, as well as elsewhere, but every

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX): Hi, I’m Ted Cruz and this is the Freedom Minute. The Bill of Rights is at the heart of our system of government. Yet the Obama Administration, sadly, often seems willing to circumvent our constitutional rights. Whether it’s the First Amendment and the seizing of journalists’ phone records, or threatening to puni