John Oliver To Snowden On His Leaks: ‘Americans Do Not Give A Sh*t’ (VIDEO)

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John Oliver sat in a Moscow hotel for a while before his latest interview subject, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, arrived securely. Oliver almost thought he wouldn’t come.

“Holy shit, he actually came. Edward fucking Snowden,” Oliver said on Sunday’s edition of “Last Week: Tonight,” as the leaker peaked his head through the door.

Oliver insisted to Snowden that Americans care little about mass surveillance at home and have zero concerns about spying abroad.

“Americans do not give a shit about foreign surveillance,” Oliver said.

“I think you’re right,” Snowden said.

Later on, Oliver dropped any pretense of humor and grilled Snowden on not having read all the documents he leaked to journalists. He then showed Snowden clips of Americans HBO interviewed who had no idea who Snowden was, or what he has done.

“Not ideal,” Oliver said. “I guess on the plus side you might be able to go home because it seems like no one knows who the fuck you are or what the fuck you do.”

Oliver finally concluded, based on those same interviews, that Americans do truly care about NSA spying if and only if the agency is collecting information about Americans’ private parts.

Snowden was ready to explain how the NSA can “snatch your junk” out of servers and Internet providers.

“Edward, if the American people understood this, they would be absolutely horrified,” Oliver pointed out.

“I guess I never thought about putting it in the context of your junk,” Snowden said.

Watch the interview, courtesy of HBO:

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