John Oliver presses Edward Snowden on whether he read all leaked NSA material | US news | The Guardian: When Oliver asked: “How many of those documents have you actually read?” Snowden responded: “I’ve evaluated all the documents that are in the archive.”
When pressed, he said “Well, I do understand what I turned over,” and acknowledged: “I recognize the concern” about whether he knew enough of the documents’ details or technical abilities of journalists to protect certain details.
Oliver then asked Snowden not whether his actions were right or wrong but whether they could be dangerous simply due to the incompetence of others. The Last Week Tonight host claimed that the improper redaction of a document by the New York Times exposed intelligence activity against al-Qaida.