John A. Davis: “I think that the presumption that all wisdom and knowledge emanates from our Nation's Capital or our State's capital is…”

I believe that states now see an opportunity to leverage non-state entities in a variety of ways to fundamentally undermine and gain an advantage over Western democracies in general.

Unfortunately, many of them tell me that 'nobody from the State has ever asked me how to accomplish this.'

Get rid of a lot of needless regulations. Those people on the ground, they know what they are. Just release them.

I hope that Marina Ovsyannikova`s bravery will prompt other people to act according to their conscience even though the penalty is very severe, potentially.