You can accuse me of being a terror suspect, but I can prove to you that I’m not. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
I’m an artist. And usually when I tell people I’m an artist, they just look at me and say, ‘Do you paint?’ or ‘What kind of medium do you work in?’ Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
Information agencies operate in an industry that values data. Restricted access to information is what makes it valuable. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
The concept of surveillance is ingrained in our beings. God was the original surveillance camera. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
I’ve pretty much accepted the fact that you’re going to meet ignorant people, and that’s okay. You can’t control that. You can’t change that. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
We’re all creating an archive of our own lives, whether we’re aware of it or not. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
It’s incredibly disturbing when a country, particularly your own country, uses discrimination as a basis for an investigation. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
You hear these horrible stories about the FBI just doing all these nasty things to people. And you know what? In my case, I didn’t experience any of that, probably because the way I treated them. I was like, ‘Okay, what do you want to know?’ So I kept going back to their offices on a regular basis. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
If 300 million people were to offer up the details of their private lives, you would need to hire another 300 million people just to keep up. Hasan M. Elahi Read Quote
