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John Oliver Makes Edward Snowden Squirm on ‘Last Week Tonight’
"Snowden is stunned to near-silence, not expecting such a contentious line of questioning from the bespectacled late-night host."
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"Right. But you have to own that then,” grilled Oliver. “You’re giving documents with information you know could be harmful, which could get out there.”
Harmful to whom? That is the question. Harmful to the government? The same government that is spying on us, eviscerating or liberties, and bombing innocents overseas? If so, that is a GOOD thing. And is there any actual evidence that any human beings were physically harmed as a result of this? I mean physically, not embarrassed, but actually physically harmed? If so where is it?
There doesn't need to be evidence of actual harm because WORST CASE SCENARIO!