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this episode previously aired in 2022. It's June 3rd, 2013.

Edward Snowden is sitting in a hotel room in Hong Kong.

He keeps glancing at the door, his nerves racked.

Over and over, Snowden replays the same haunting image in his mind,

a swatim kicking down the door,

agents shoving him to the ground and laying cold handcuffs on his wrists. Snowden can imagine the police hauling him away and shoving him in a jail

cell where he'll spend the rest of his life a prisoner for trying to do the right thing.

It's a terrifying vision, and the longer Snowden entertains this nightmare, the more he can feel

anxiety creeping up inside him, threatening to swallow him whole. So Snowden stops himself,

takes a deep breath. He has to stop fretting. He has to focus on the present, because right now

he's giving the most important interview of his life. And if he doesn't stay clear-headed,

no one will understand the full story

and why America has to learn the truth about its government.

Snowden exhales and looks back up at Glenn Greenwald,

a reporter for The Guardian.

For hours, the two men have been talking about

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