Patrick Joseph Byrnes

NSA Dep. Director Lowell: "You wanted to be Special Forces."
Edward Snowden: "Yes, sir."
NSA Dep. Director Lowell: "Why do you want to join the CIA?"
Edward Snowden: "I'd like to help my country make a difference in the world."

NSA Dep. Director Lowell: "Most Americans don't want freedom, they want security."
Edward Snowden: "Except people they don't even know they've made that bargain."

"Did you access an unauthorized program?"
[to Snowden]

NSA Dep. Director Lowell: "The average test time is five hours."
Edward Snowden: "I'm done."
NSA Dep. Director Lowell: "It's been forty minutes."
Edward Snowden: "Thirty-eight minutes. What should I do now?"
NSA Dep. Director Lowell: "Whatever you want."