i cannot believe how strong he is as an interviewer. He's vastly underrated He doesn't allow evasiveness or the usual tricks that government employees generally use. He really needs to get more credit for these skills- to the extent that i think he should actually have an interview segment from now on. I've been kinda thinking that before; but this video convinced me.

@jakobvanklinken

4 жыл бұрын

The guy at the other side is a professional evader, and he did dodge pretty much every statement John tried to pin on him

@mentilly_all

4 жыл бұрын

ever heard of: editing ?..

@radschele1815

3 жыл бұрын

there is this segment about gun control, where he both interviews a poltician who is agaons it and goes to Australia, where they have it since 1996. He did it for the Daily Show with Jon Stuart. It's actually amazing, although old. Comedy central posted it on their youtube channel, i think

@jackwarren1687

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, he’s a phenomenal interviewer, his talk with Anita hill was amazing.

@jackwarren1687

3 жыл бұрын

@@radschele1815 that gun control 3 parter was Pulitzer stuff imo

"NSA, the only government agency that really listens." Oh my this is perfect, they should keep it!

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4 жыл бұрын

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The only agency in government that really listens to the American people... ...is the NSA. >_>

@dunlaoghaire40

9 жыл бұрын

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ PROFOUND !!

@lixiaochen6

9 жыл бұрын

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ Good pun.

@spoderman15

9 жыл бұрын

dunlaoghaire u will burn in hell

@DennyVlogs

9 жыл бұрын

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨Ʒ ba dum tss

@ROOKTABULA

9 жыл бұрын

Spoder Man Troglodyte. He wins, you lose.

"Lets talk about Snowden. What would you like Snowden to know, other than significantly less?" Fucking lost it.

@hectorandresgonzalez-carde2190

3 жыл бұрын

when did that happen?

@hectorandresgonzalez-carde2190

3 жыл бұрын

I saw it! min 7:00 brilliant! I also lost it!

@Basajaun10

2 жыл бұрын

Please don't underestimate the line 8:51

@hectorandresgonzalez-carde2190

2 жыл бұрын

@@Basajaun10 the whole episode is nuts!!

I am all for this re-branding of the NSA as a great listener. That will forever amuse me

@gingergamergirl98

8 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@TheMMObro

8 жыл бұрын

it's pretty horrifying tho lol

@VeryHonestGuy

8 жыл бұрын

Anyone who opposes to the NSA listening to every communication is an idiot!

@amaramo9611

8 жыл бұрын

VeryHonestGuy thats the same as saying the constitution is stupid.

@VeryHonestGuy

8 жыл бұрын

Mike Me your reply is stupid. Do you know that most "transgenders" commit suicide after the sex mutilation operation? Yeah! Read all about it. They actually find out that whatever the fuck was bothering them had nothing to do with their sex, and that they have to now deal with their mutilation in addition to whatever the fuck bothers them. Constitution stupid? What the hell are you talking about? On second thought, you are stupid. Your reply reflects that.

"What would you like Snowden to know right now? Other than significantly less" is possibly the best line I've heard on this whole topic

At the very least, Mr. Alexander is a good sport who's willing to take a joke. Sometimes, that's all I ask for.

@morpheus6749

9 жыл бұрын

+JoeytheJoeyX3 You're exactly the kind of obedient sheep Kim Jong Un has wet dreams about. You'd love it in North Korea. And Kim would LOVE to have you - a natural sheep. No need for conversion, no need for training or "reeducation". You're ready to serve! A morsel of delight for little Kim. He can't wait to welcome you.

@JoeytheJoeyX3

9 жыл бұрын

Excuse me, what? I just said that Alex takes a joke well. I have no idea what you're on about, yo.

@muffinspuffinsEE

9 жыл бұрын

yes same here, its good to hear his POV as well even though I'm pretty sure I'm against it^^

@JoeytheJoeyX3

9 жыл бұрын

muffinspuffinsEE Even if you're against something, it's always better to have both sides of the story.

@JoeytheJoeyX3

8 жыл бұрын

Morpheus Hey, Morpheus. I know we're already done, but I'd still like to know whatever the fuck you were talking about.

Snowden is a national hero. He is not the one that needs to understand what damage was done. It is NSA who made the damage

@SuperSquishface

9 жыл бұрын

Christobanistan What blood? They say this but there are no specifics. There is no proof.

@SuperSquishface

9 жыл бұрын

Christobanistan I want a specific example. I'm not just taking what the ex head of NSA says on face value. So again, can you provide any examples of the "blood" on Snowdens hands? One death directly related to Snowden please.

@tristanmorris5646

9 жыл бұрын

The Joker Old post, I know. But if you're trying to collect information on what terrorists are saying using a specific method, you are actively using that information to frustrate terrorist actions. With information like this leaked, terrorists could use alternative methods of communications and generally avoid information leaks. That means it's easier to organize successful attacks. Vague, I know. But I don't work in the NSA, so I don't know of any specific examples. I just know that I like the idea of religious, idiotic killings being prevented.

@SuperSquishface

9 жыл бұрын

tristan morris Right. You have no examples.

@SuperSquishface

9 жыл бұрын

Christobanistan The point is, I'm not going to blindly follow what the government says & until someone can show that Snowden can cause deaths I will remain skeptical. They say he has but can't provide one example.

Gen. Keith Alexander: "The NSA; the only government department which listens" haha good one!!

@pinkkatie

10 жыл бұрын

The best line came from Gen Alexander!

"Pick up your phone and call ANY number, say A B or C... Your vote will be collected." Not counted, just collected. Brilliant!

As a non-US citizen, what upsets me about these conversations is the presumption that it is okay to eavesdrop on people's communications and collect data on the rest of the world, but not the US, and that's FINE. No, it isn't. If my government had such a power over the American people, they would lose their shit. This self-appointed role as the arbiter of moral values is simply unfounded and ill-deserved. No terrorist has yet killed as many people as the US has in just the first few days of each of their wars. Yes, terror is despicable and deplorable, but so is what the US does every single day in the name money and power

@Viktor16161616

8 жыл бұрын

It's kind of the point of a nations "spies" to spy on foreign nations, groups and people. Just like it's the military's job to fight enemies of your nation. An example would be deploying the military to replace police. The police should fight crime and internal disorder.

@shooflymedia1356

8 жыл бұрын

***** Again, you say that like it's all fine. That's "the point" of spies. What gives them the right? And your point about the job of the military isn't right either. The job of a military is to defend a nation. The US military actively engages in wars on foreign soil for completely transparent, self-motivated reasons

@Viktor16161616

8 жыл бұрын

I was not commenting on the US military but military forces in general concept. As for spies and what gives them the rights? The governments they work for. Do you understand why? It's to atempt to give the government early warning in the event someone is planing an attack or declaration of war in the worst case. Or in the case of war being the curent state of things, to give the military a tactical advantage in defeating the enemy. And that's just a bare minimum of what they are suppose to do. If not for spies the allies could very well have lost WW2, or at the very least failed operation overlord. Do you somehow live with the belief that war is not something that can still very much happen? When we no longer need armies, should that day ever come, we will still need spies.

@WellConditioned

8 жыл бұрын

" If not for spies the allies could very well have lost WW2" I must respectfully disagree with you on that point. Turing's breaking Germany's code guaranteed the loss, along with Hitler's massive blunder of a two-front war, neither of which could be interpreted as spying.

@Viktor16161616

8 жыл бұрын

It was thanks to an allied doubleagents that the germans focused there effort on calai rather then normandy and withheld sending in reinforcements from calai for several days. Had D day failed most of europ would have fallen to the comintern. And that's a singular instant/agent.

Props to the general for keeping his cool with the sillyness :D

@authenticjosh

10 жыл бұрын

for real, he played along well

@Aethel12

10 жыл бұрын

(i think that these interviews are staged, they are still funny though)

@wiximar

10 жыл бұрын

Connor Haynes i agree, i think the one with stephen hawking is too. stephen hawking is smart, not smart-alecky, to my knowledge. lol. you could tell that john oliver was still sorta getting to keith alexander in this video though. so fricken funny.

@cwburntorange

9 жыл бұрын

Connor Haynes Gee, d' ya' think?

8:30 "The Only Agency in Government that Really Listens." Did you see his eyes light up??

@fictionmyth

10 жыл бұрын

I know deep down Keith was kidding but my God it didn't seem like it. I don't think that's an appropriate joke to make at the moment. I may be wrong and he was being dead serious. I almost feel like that's an office joke that he found a chance to use. It's so scary to think that this man was/is in charge of the line that decides who gets to see or hear everything I've done with a digital footprint.

@markstewart4501

10 жыл бұрын

Corey Carnes Spot on.

@christobanistan8887

5 жыл бұрын

Lighten up dude.

John Oliver's straight face is incredibly impressive.

Here's the thing, what is this "damage" that Snowden has done? Apart from seeding well-earned distrust in the NSA, he's done nothing wrong. From my foreign POV, Snowden is a man who saw bullshit and pointed it out regardless of the consequences. Acts like this, where someone sacrifices their former life to help the common people, constitute a hero.

@aaa303

9 жыл бұрын

+DovahSpy I've not seen evidence of damage done by Snowden, nor have I seen evidence of damage done by the NSA, other than breaching trust. Everyone seems to be talking in hypotheticals. I don't know how anyone would have been directly affected by having their information monitored by the NSA.

@a2falcone

8 жыл бұрын

+DovahSpy well they said in other John Oliver video that a journalist didn't erase well a piece of sensible information when publishing it, so people found out that a secret operation against ISIS was being done in Mosul. I don't know the details. It's not a black and white thing.

@ArgieGrit

8 жыл бұрын

+DovahSpy Apparently he was sloppy in the way he handled the information he leaked that could have been harmful to Americans (I'm not). It's in John's video about Government survailance

@jojochen3360

8 жыл бұрын

+DovahSpy I agree that Snowden is a hero. But I also think he caused "damage". A lot of foreign countries are now (rightfully) pissed off by the NSA and hence the US government for spying on them. That said, for informed people this was clear decades before. Can you trust the US as their "ally"? No, not really.

@krisstasko

8 жыл бұрын

+ArgieGrit01 well in the the video where oliver interviews snowden, he didn't know how bad news papers and such would redact it so poorly

"Mr. Tiggles" -Keith Alexander 2014. I died laughing

@JSephH76

8 жыл бұрын

I bet most people wont realize that your profile picture is a photo of young Joseph Stalin, but I did. Well done sir.

@jodaco3869

7 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure thats a character from over watch Mr. JSephH76

"The only government agency hat really listens" that is pure gold !

Am i the only one who thought it was common knowledge that the government did this, prior to the info being leaked?

@belthazor3457

9 жыл бұрын

Shhhh... everyone knows you weren't actually supposed to *read* the patriot act, you're supposed to be lazy and apathetic, then be shocked when it's leaked, then be an armchair activist and complain on twitter so you can feel good about your towering morals. That's what a lot of people do - STOP *BAAAD* PEOPLE!! Like Kony 2012 which no one wants to talk about because it's an unpleasant reminder.

@oceanceaser44

9 жыл бұрын

***** Oh yeah, no I totally agree with the fact that the majority of people are too lazy to investigate how how pretty much any of the government works/spends money. What I was talking about was the assumption that they did do some sort of surveilence, in order to keep law abiding citizens safe. I myself am happy to give them that power, as clearly some privacies must be lost in order to give the government, or a governmental agency, the necessary power to keep us safe. Perhaps many catasrphes in the country could have been avioded if certain calls were intercepted.

@oceanceaser44

9 жыл бұрын

***** Well I disagree if by "essential liberty," he meant absolute privacy, which i very much doubt he did. I also think that Bejamin Franklin is perhaps not the best person to quote on the subject of technological privacy as he preceeded even the telephone by over a century

@dejayrezme8617

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah but prior to the info being leaked, you where called a conspiracy nut. All clever people in the information sciences thought someone would be doing this, even thought not quite to the extend. But nobody outside the field would believe it. Now we have proof.

@belthazor3457

9 жыл бұрын

Dejay Rezme Indeed... in my case, I *did* make a youtube video talking about it prior to the snowden leak, and people did call me a conspiracy nut. Some of the youtube comment arguments are still on the ol' thing. Such is the curse of actually reading the patriot act's surveillance section and having a case of informed minority v uninformed majority.

Where's all my people on Team Mr. Tiggles?

@josemanuelcachorios9073

8 жыл бұрын

Here! o/

@italianmapperchris3168

8 жыл бұрын

Here!

@coralaisly

8 жыл бұрын

GG64du02 Team Mr. Tiggles accepts all nationalities! Bienvenue!

How's mohammad at work? Seriously, tell us everything about him... lmao, that part killed me.

"what would you like edward snowden to know" "other then then significantly less".

Props to General Keith Alexander for playing along with Oliver lol

@h3llo0cto

8 жыл бұрын

And that's exactly how he wants you to think of him. Good ol' Gen Alexander, he's just like us! He has a sense of humor, he likes John Oliver, he's an OK dude. Gosh, how dangerous can he be if he doesn't even know what Pinterest is? He's definitely a sharp one & very sly; he'd have to be to run the NSA. If there was even the slightest chance that Oliver would get the better of him, he wouldn't have done the interview. He's so slippery in fact, that the tone of the interview is entirely controlled by him, so that the punchline/warning has to be added post-interview: "Don't worry, your vote /will/ be collected." I'd bet you any amount of money in any currency that the questions John Oliver asked were at the very least approved beforehand, if not straight-out decided for him (most likely a back-and-forth between parties). This is less an interview than an unrehearsed read-through of a carefully crafted dialogue.

@seanwin4802

8 жыл бұрын

Octo Maton My God 0.0

@seanwin4802

8 жыл бұрын

Octo Maton I think You're Right

@MorpheusOne

6 жыл бұрын

@Octo: Ooohh, a cOnSpIrAcY tHeOrY; soo original...

@shortbussurfer

6 жыл бұрын

One thing about this interview that upsets me - we KNOW what you did, I wish he would OWN IT more. Take a stance, let the justice department take the side of the constitution, but this guy is a zealot acting like your concerned neighbor knocking on your door because you haven't picked up your newspaper in 2 days.

A fine example of why John Oliver is the one of the best TV journalists of today

Oliver: "How's Muhammad at work? How is he? What's he been doing?" Alexander: "....Trevor"

@tman4534

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Burroughs this was too fucking funny !! lol

@rvignesh1901

7 жыл бұрын

Robert Burroughs

Am I the only one who almost died laughing? OMG, John Oliver needs more fans, he is ridiculously funny.

I was straight faced until "you will either be removed...(or promoted)..no.."

@wabbafet2

7 жыл бұрын

reads as that quote plays*

'Don't worry, your vote will be collected' . OMG, one of the best jokes on the show🤣

In the US Snowden is a traitor, in the rest of the world he is regarded as a hero.

8 жыл бұрын

+depp8444 That's a truly dumb as fuck sentence.

@Trendkilla

8 жыл бұрын

+depp8444 Well while the majority of Americans seems content with living in an Orwell 1984 like society, the rest of the world is struggling to keep their freedom in actuality rather then in theory and as a nice political phrase.

@TheMMObro

8 жыл бұрын

for me the problem is that he went to Russia where u kno they made him give up secrets which whether intentionally or not makes him a traitor. i still think what he did was a necessary "evil." it needed to be done. of course none gives a shit anymore tho :/

@TheMMObro

8 жыл бұрын

+TheMMObro but it was realistically one of the only places he could go wherr they wouldn't extradite him.

@MikhailKalashnikovMiG

8 жыл бұрын

Not really. The perception of Snowden is polarising everywhere. It's been pretty apparent from the interview with Snowden that while his intentions were good, he bit off far more than he could chew. I wouldn't want a man like that working in my country's intelligence agency

NSA is so clueless. Collect everything and Boston still happens. They might as well stop wasting our money for all the good they're doing.

@Demarcoa

10 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how "collect everything" could possibly be useful for security. Intimidation and population control, sure. But making a country more secure? Yeah, about as much as those useless fucking CCTV cameras.

@MrRufflemonster

10 жыл бұрын

Demarcoa And we'll prob never know. Im on the fence about NSA. I feel like people want to make them out to be the bad guy, and Im sure they do overstep at multiple occasions. But at the same time, if I dont do anything I shouldnt online, they wont be an issue. Either way, good interview, finally someone on the "bad side" that isnt a complete idiot.

@Demarcoa

10 жыл бұрын

Max Nielsen I get what you're saying, but I hate that argument. Obviously there are limits, but it's completely insane people get to judge what is and isn't inappropriate online. What if someone anti-gay works at the NSA, or anti-pot? That's my issue, is that everyone will have a different definition of what is and isn't appropriate. Again, obviously there are limits (violent crime, bullying, terrorism, etc)

@MrRufflemonster

10 жыл бұрын

Good point, well they obv have guidelines and rules they have to follow but I think as you say some people will judge based on their own believes. I honestly have no idea where I stand on this, I feel like it could be better but I dont think it can ever be perfect. Some sort of online-security is needed, obviously, so lets just hope something that preserves our privacy a bit more pops up.

@Demarcoa

10 жыл бұрын

Max Nielsen well said. Ah, civil arguments on youtube. As rare as the dodo bird.

i wish john oliver did more interviews on his show. he's 20 times better than nearly all the "journalists" on the mainstream media

I am a huge advocate of John, but it has to be said Mr Alexander was very observant in this interview.

He makes it sound like they rely it's the courts' job to reign them in, as if they knowningly lack restraint or morale compass. The NSA's view on privacy is apparently that it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

@brett3862

9 жыл бұрын

The NSA is kind of like a Grunt from Halo, they rely on their breathing apparatus to survive. The courts being that apparatus, but its more like an inhaler. Every once in awhile the grunt takes a breath of the court's permission to invade privacy, then they go on with whatever they please.

@JeremyTheGraten

9 жыл бұрын

The court's job is to balance their power. The NSA can ask for whatever it feels is necessary, and the court can deny whatever it feels is necessary. If it was up to the NSA to say no to themselves... it wouldn't really work would it?

@iceman24life

9 жыл бұрын

Actually, it's the job if the federal grand jury to see if there was proper use of wire tapping, communications and what not are there in by legal and not overstep the gov's. boundaries.

General Keith Alexander, I have a rock that keeps tigers away. You don't see any tigers around, do you? Would you like to buy my rock?

@Demarcoa

10 жыл бұрын

yes! give me the rock, lisa!

Yes. You heard that right. John Oliver has never heard of 4chan.

@chasegilley1906

8 жыл бұрын

I thought (before he mentioned the bedspread) he must have meant 4chan or something.

@Kite037

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah but then he mentions that and pisses off 4chan. If he's half as scared of 4chan as I am it'd be smart to not mention them.

@parker469a

7 жыл бұрын

My brain kept trying to auto-correct to 4chan when he was saying that.

@neco9590

7 жыл бұрын

...And no one ever heard of those 3 4 youtube-commenters ever again...

@mooniejohnson

7 жыл бұрын

I envy him.

"How is Mohammad at work?" I laughed so hard I cried..

John says the worst people on the internet are on Pinterest. "Meanwhile, in Tumblr..."

That end note was the absolute best.

Did anyone else notice that this guy barely blinks the entire time he is talking to John Oliver?

@creeper1239

10 жыл бұрын

Robot following a script, there is nothing going on beyond that it seems, thats where the disconnected blank look comes from

@rustyray420

10 жыл бұрын

He's a shape-shifting illuminati reptilian from outerspace

@Be_Gee

10 жыл бұрын

Psssst He's lying :0

@delyricoracle

10 жыл бұрын

+Nawaf The FearBraker that is where I was going with that. Most intelligence agents are trained to not blink when they lie because rapid blinking can be a sign of lying. I'm not saying he was lying the whole time , but since people usually blink about 100x the rate he was , it was clearly a concentrated effort to suppress a natural impulse.

@Be_Gee

10 жыл бұрын

Lyric Oracle Mmm not really either. Also NOT-blinking is a sign of lying. What people are trained for is the average blink per minute

"Let's talk about Snowden. What would you like Snowden to know right now other than significantly less." Oh, how I love John Oliver.

This guy says that Snowden caused a tremendous amount of damage, but the American people don't give a fuck at all. It seems to me that the government could spill everything and the people would be like "I dislike how you're doing this behind our backs but we're glad you trust us enough to tell us."

@morpheus6749

9 жыл бұрын

+Tom Sproson How do you know Snowden caused a tremendous amount of damage?

@sprosonator

9 жыл бұрын

I don't, that's what this guy in the video said.

@karlniedzielski12

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom Sproson So we should trust the guy in the video?

@tannerbananer5774

8 жыл бұрын

+Karl Niedzielski lolol nah man wtf he was the head of the nsa don't believe what he says about Snowden, he's just mad that people found out that they're fucking spying on us at all times, I hope Somone fucking installs cameras in every room in that guys house, thatz stream live to twutch, so this fucker knows what's it's like to have 0 privacy!

@tannerbananer5774

8 жыл бұрын

+D. Lyrium so you are ok with being under constant surveillance in order to protect our "freedom" you said the nsa is doing good and bad, and while that may be true I would rather they actually had restrictions as opposed to operating in the shadows and spying on all of us, and yeah Snowden caused some damage when he released the documents but he wouldn't have done that if it wasn't for the fact that the nsa was monitoring us all without any real restrictions.

This gives me life because this guy AGREED to talk to john oliver 😂

"What would you like Snowden to know right now, other than significantly less?" Hahaha so good

The General hardly blinked

I still don't know if I can trust a word that comes out of Mr. Alexander's mouth, but dammit if he doesn't take a joke pretty well. Vote Tiggles.

@hazukichanx408

6 жыл бұрын

If I'm going to be waterboarded for information I don't have on neighbors of middle-eastern descent who aren't terrorists, I'd rather be waterboarded by Mr. Tiggles than by the NSA. *nods sagely*

"NSA - the only agency in government that really listens." - General Keith Alexander, former head of the NSA

The pinterest comment... the hoarder comment... I laughed hard enough that I think I disturbed my neighbors.

General: "You will either be removed" John: "or promoted" Gosh! He is awesome!

John Oliver, "How much data do you need to keep America save?" This is a good question and the General gave no answer to it but means that they want all information. John Oliver, "Has the NSA ever done anything illegal" The general's answer "Not that I know of" Does it mean he is incompetent for his job or that he just plays the don't tell me so I can deny any knowledge about it part?

@TheMMObro

8 жыл бұрын

or just protecting himself in case some malpractice surfaces

@TorianTammas

8 жыл бұрын

***** Yes this is indeed a good point. As the security services like to always know more in the illusion that the Big Brother who knows it all will keep us safe.

Bravo! Yeah John Oliver is comedic genius and very good at what he does. The part about the NSA being "Good listeners" may be the funniest play on words I've seen in a long time. A+ overall!

in fairness a good interview and Gen. Alexander did a good job

These guys always hammer on the immense amount of damage Snowden did. I would like to see some evidence that Snowden has done any more damage than politicians do in their day-to-day information trading with foreign governments.

I thought issues aside that was a wonderful interview. John was tough but respectful. He kept it interesting with the facts and kept it light with humor that was not at the Generals expense. And in the Generals Case he was calm cool and enjoyable and explained himself well.

Awesome first show.

What I don't understand is how even the metadata helps the NSA? How does any of this keep us more secure?

@someonesomewhere9746

9 жыл бұрын

same question. They are obviously not saying everything.

@anishannayya1

9 жыл бұрын

Barth Slung The metadata is used to provide some "proof" for a more rigorous warrant. If you always have everyone's data, it is much easier to manipulate the dataset and get a rubber stamp approval.

@someonesomewhere9746

9 жыл бұрын

anishannayya1 They are are collecting billions of data so that when say out of billion only 100 people (don't know who, don't know when) plan to bomb, shoot etc. they can have "some" proof? To me it seems like a waste of money, time, people, storage space etc. And before this began cops could still find connections between criminals most of the times. So I don't see how this helps.

@JoseMedina-pv1hc

9 жыл бұрын

Also stuff like parallel construction. Google "Sentient World Simulation." It's interesting stuff.

@MrsTruthTeller

9 жыл бұрын

Well we can't predict whose going to become a terrorist or murderer so by collecting everyone's data, they can create profiles for people who are engaging in questionable behavior. For instance, a kid who has been watching Isis videos online, attending meetings associated with known criminals, buying guns with his credit card, and searching for terms like "how to make a bomb" will be a red flag and the government will start to watch him. It's actually a very smart idea since there is no other way to catch a terrorist or killer before they commit a crime except for watching what they purchase and search for online. That's how they caught those two women in Brooklyn who were planning an attack. They found two bombs in their house and caught them because they were searching how to make bombs on the internet and also purchased some materials that signaled a red flag. However the issue is that it can be abused and used for non-national security issues. Like for instance, blackmailing people or making it hard for them to ind employment, etc. it's very difficult to know if this is good or bad. It has equal pros and cons.

hahah The NSA, the only branch of government that really listens to you.

5:06 "'Not that I know of." Clapper's response to a similar question before the Snowden leaks, "Now that I'm aware of."

I kept a straight face through the whole thing, until the last words: 'your vote will be collected'. :D

the voting bit was so cool

john gets some great interviews

Please do more interviews guys. These are brilliant.

This is too epic

@mathsdebater231

3 жыл бұрын

Yo

3rd degree burn on Pinterest. Ouch.

"Don't worry, your vote will be collected" :D :D Both the writers of this show and John Oliver are just awesome!

Simply brilliant. Informative .....Kudos to General Alexander for playing along

John Oliver Oliver had to try really hard to get a response from his jokes with that guy. Must have been awkward.

@richo6537

8 жыл бұрын

It's deliberate, the joke is he isn't laughing or acknowledging the joke.

@rickypoon6406

7 жыл бұрын

Comes with the comic field.

The best part "That I know of"

I like that they are actually communicating and not just yelling nonsense at each other. Seems like that's all I see on American talk shows.

Huge respect for the general for the honesty and composure! Being interviewed by a comedian is a more difficult task than it looks to be. The general kept the discussion at a decent level of seriousness and did not let to be jeered.

7:13 I have to admit, John Oliver is a shrewd, probing interviewer. I'd respect John Stewart more if he were this skilled and courageous.

@vau0807

9 жыл бұрын

Christobanistan Piss off. I don't have time for stupid people.

@vau0807

9 жыл бұрын

Christobanistan You fail at repartee.

when your Netlfix or online game lags...NSA, when there is traffic or train delays....NSA, when you can't remember what you went in a room for...NSA

@svampebob007

9 жыл бұрын

when you can't think of anything... NSA

@davidroberts1689

9 жыл бұрын

+FatCatMedia When nothings going, NSA When somethings going on, NSA When Trump is ahead in polls, NSA

@228ss

9 жыл бұрын

***** plot twist...the illuminati is actually the nsa O: the plot thickens

@allenn4229

8 жыл бұрын

+FatCatMedia Even When Its Actualy the NSA I Still Think ... NSA

@ajhampton3722

8 жыл бұрын

When your ice cube melts and makes your soda all watery tasting...NSA

It's a sad day in America when a comedian does a better interview than every significant news channel combined. Also, I vote for B, I've already been making that joke for months, may as well make it official! Mark it down NSA!

'Just call any and number and say a, b or c into the handset' XD that was brilliant!

This video is...it's so...serious. Kinda unnerving, actually...

8:04: I fucking lost it.

@haiggoh

10 жыл бұрын

Same here! "oooh I just can't stay mad at you Mr. Tiggles", I almost died

I don't think I've laughed that hard in a LONG time. "How's Mohammed at work? How's he doing? WHAT'S he been doing?"

I think (B) would be the most effective, but (A) is the cutest. Also B is beautifully humorous.

"We have oversight, we are overlooked by the court and congress" The congress you give false testimony under oath to? The congress you lie to? And courts. What, the Fisa court who are under order to basically rubber-stamp everything? Sure there is oversight alright.

@jbmp1390

8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Roe I just laugh anytime the Fisa Court is mentioned. It's a court in the same sense that the Loch Ness Monster is definitely real.

I love how they always say that damage has been done without providing any evidence, and while ignoring damage they've done which we have proof of. I also think his reaction at the end part is interesting, he was visible uncomfortable, while the collected swindler which he was playing from the beginning didn't completely go away.

Whenever he doesn't know the correct verb he says "comply" , that's genius

Priceless thats how I describe this interview.

This guy not getting or even acknowledging John's jokes is painful to watch.

@Itsalittlelatte

8 жыл бұрын

Their guests are usually like that, it's probably planned :P

National -Security- Surveillance Agency

I lowkey want General Keith Alexander to have a conversation with Edward Snowden. I want to see their ideologies clash. Because neither of them are bad guys, they just think differently.

I think "Big Brother" would've been a really good option ;)

Sorry about this George Orwell, glad you're not around to see this

I'm amazed that general Alexander got through the whole interview without giving a single statistic or hard fact aside from what telephone metadata is...

That's why we like Oliver - clever, very clever in any case.

This is really good interview because you have a professional interviewee who is really boring and a funny interviewer talking about something really serious.

No one within the NSA would ever abuse this power? Right! We should start by asking as to how Snowden actually got all this information... by working as an OFF-CONTRACT person in some random remote server-station on Hawaii and collecting it!! That's how trustworthily the NSA handled THEIR OWN data, so never even mind ours then! Good fucking job! Writing out contracts to private firms, for handling the information on matters of national and international security...

Okay balancing security and privacy is like trying to balance the lights being on and the lights being off, you might dim the lights, but they are still on. You may only invade privacy some of the time or some of the way, but it's still an invasion of privacy. That's not a balance. that is one side getting some or all of what it wants and the other not getting what it wants. Or let's put it another way. I want to set you on fire, you don't want to be set on fire, so we strike a balance and I only set half of your body on fire. I got what I want to some degree, you didn't get what you wanted, you just got burned.

The general actually responded graciously to all of John Oliver's provocations. If it were only about watching this video and knowing nothing else, I'd actually believe him. Kudos to to mr. Alexander!

Goddamn... If this whole interview wasn't scripted or edited in John's favor, then props. Sharp, intelligent, quick, meaningful humor. As far as the art goes, you can't get much better.

I think when he said "Pinterest" he was trying to say "Tumblr", and just slipped.

@DB-nr6fo

8 жыл бұрын

yup

@dominicha5092

8 жыл бұрын

Yep, replace flowers with gay fanart

@TheLANMAC

8 жыл бұрын

+Gamer Channel you don't need to tell me twice

@DiddntFindANameLol

7 жыл бұрын

How is gay fanart worse than a fucking gofer bedspread??

@PerovNigma

6 жыл бұрын

I think Draevon May meant to type "4chan", and just slipped.

I'd trust Trevor, he's handsome and he listens to me.

You have to hand it to the man, he knows how to be both reasonable and respectful under pressure. I do not agree with him but he does make you respect his attitude.

As much as I hate the NSA, I gotta say. This guy is a great sport when it comes to being made fun of and taking it with a smile. Props to him for that.

I can't stay mad at Mr Tiggles, he just wants to keep me safe. John Oliver = Beast! X

Go Professor Duncan!

Lol. I like that little nod at the end. "Don't worry, your vote will be collected."

"Call any number......Dont worry, your vote will be collected" epic punch line