NBC's Brian Wiliams Lands Snowden/Greenwald Interview in Moscow
First joint interview with NSA whistleblower and prominent journalist
- Jon Queally, staff writer
Evening anchor for NBC News Brian Williams traveled to Moscow this week, it was revealed on Thursday, in order to conduct a joint interview with exiled NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald—two of the key individuals behind nearly a year's worth of shocking revelations about the U.S. government's global surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency.
"In what will be Snowden's first televised interview with a major American news channel, NBC describes how "Williams' in-person conversation with Snowden was conducted over the course of several hours and was shrouded in secrecy" due to Snowden's sensitive situation in Russia, where he continues to live under temporary asylum.
Though Greenwald has had a mixed relationship with personnel at NBC—partnering with the outlet on a handful of NSA stories but also publicly criticizing David Gregory, host of 'Meet The Press,' for his poor coverage of the Snowden story—it appears as though NBC made the necessary moves to secure the exclusive interview.
And even as many progressive, independent, and foreign news outlets have covered the Snowden revelations closely for more than a year, for the millions of Americans who get their news mostly through the evening news from the major broadcast stations, this will likely be the first time they'll hear Snowden respond directly to questions about why he did what he did and the implications he sees regarding the mass surveillance system under which U.S. citizens now live.
The hour-long interview will air as a primetime special next Wednesday, May 28 at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 p.m. Central."
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