The controversial Patriot Act’s Section 215 expires this June, and John Oliver would like you to know it. The HBO comedian took a deep dive into government surveillance programs on his show this week, and he headed to Russia to meet with someone who could provide some context: Edward Snowden.
Watch John Oliver interview Edward Snowden about dick pics and the NSA
Oliver takes a deep dive into government surveillance
Oliver takes a deep dive into government surveillance
Without spoiling too much, in what’s become his style, Oliver starts by explaining the intricacies of surveillance, interspersed with gags. But unlike his other famous explanatory monologues — net neutrality, say — the Oliver interview with Snowden takes a wholly serious turn, before turning into an extended, hilarious dialogue on the easiest way to make people understand why surveillance matters: penis photos.
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