"Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance."

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Our democratic values also include - and our national security demands - open and transparent government. Some information obviously needs to be protected. And since his first days in office, President Obama has worked to strike the proper balance between the security the American people deserve and the openness our democratic society expects.

— John O. Brennan