John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight on HBO, flew to Russia to interview former NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden about the information on spying programs that he leaked, and why Americans should care.
Oliver showed Snowden that many Americans don’t remember who he is, or what he did to get into the news, often confusing him with Wikileaks.
Edward Snowden reacts to a montage of Times Square tourists who say they have no idea who he is (@LastWeekTonight). http://t.co/kfblhKXuH5
Oliver then had Snowden explain how NSA programs work in terms of whether the NSA can or cannot use it to look at naked pictures Americans are sending to each other, saying more Americans would understand the issue that way.
Watch the full video above.
Snowden was the subject of an Academy Award-winning documentary, Citizen Four, and gave an interview to NBC News in 2014.
