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Who thought it was a good idea to let uber-nerd Edward Snowden fall into the hands of professional wise-ass John Oliver? The boys in Moscow are losing their touch. Yesterday, I published a piece on this in The Federalist, in which I said:
Like all defectors, Snowden’s ego is heavily invested in his own heroism. Consider the look on Snowden’s face when Oliver deflated Ed’s bloated claims about how his betrayal wasn’t for his own glory, but instead to allow benighted Americans to decide these issues for ourselves. Oliver showed Snowden one clip after another of people in Times Square who had literally zero awareness of the Snowden debacle or of Snowden himself. He then said: “On the plus side, you might be able to go home, because it seems like no one knows who the f*** you are or what the f*** you did.”
You can read it all here.
Then I joined Ben Domenech and Gabriel Malor on The Federalist Radio Hour to talk about this newest Snowden debacle, which you can find here (starting at 26:00).
If people see Snowden interviewed across the street from the headquarters of the Russian security services and still don’t get it, I don’t think there’s much more that anyone can say to clear it up.
