For the sake of consistency I hope you have the same view when it comes to the NSA. For the sake of the rest of us, I hope you don't.
The post you were replying to was a quote of something Eric Schmidt, then Google CEO, once said.
It was a quote by Eric Schmidt.
In that case apologies for the mis-assumption. But maybe better to label quotes to better indicate whether you are quoting in agreement or disagreement for people who don't remember the quote.