John Oliver shows Snowden truck nuts. screenshot\/HBO At the beginning of his interview with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in Moscow, HBO host John Oliver set the stage: He asked the 31-year-old how much he missed certain things in America, including \"truck nuts.\" <\/p>\n
Snowden, who did not know what truck nuts are, said: \"You really thought ahead.\" <\/p>\n
\"Well, at least one of us did,\" Oliver replied. \"You know because of the um, quandary, the Kafkaesque nightmare that you're in.\" <\/p>\n
Snowden, who has been living in an undisclosed location in Russia after flying from Hong Kong to Moscow on June 23, 2013, could do nothing but take the jab and nod. <\/p>\n
The US government reportedly charged the 31-year-old with three felonies, including two under the World War I-era Espionage Act, after he stole up to 1.77 million classified NSA documents and fled from Hawaii to Hong Kong and eventually Moscow. <\/p>\n
Given his value to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the unlikelihood that he would get a favorable deal to return home, Snowden is a self-avowed human rights activist living under the watchful eye of Putin's intelligence services. <\/p>\n
One could say he's stuck in a \"nightmarish situation which most people can somehow relate to, although strongly surreal. \" <\/p>\n
After the quip, Oliver started the interview. <\/p>\n
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Here's the clip. It all starts around 16:10: <\/p>\n
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