In case you have not seen the John Oliver interview of Edward Snowden on "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" on HBO, you really should watch it. John Oliver does what a real journalist should do, he questions Edward Snowden about why he did what he did and what the real impact of his actions might be. John Oliver also uses a wonderful example to try to get the attention of the American people about what the United States government is doing. Here is the entire program. The interview with Edward Snowden begins at about minute 15. It is well worth you time to watch the entire program.
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The Unabashed Liberal
If you enjoyed John Oliver's interview with Snowden, I would highly recommend you watch Laura Poitras' movie about him ("Citizenfour"), in which Glenn Greenwald interviews Snowden in Hong Kong. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary and the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the last Oscars.
ReplyDeleteThe movie is available from Netflix; you may also be able to check out a DVD from your local library.