This won't be to everyone's taste--perhaps not even of the slightest interest to some--but it strikes me as important for several reasons. Here in the U.S., the law known as the Patriot Act comes up for renewal soon, and it has implications not only for Americans but for people all around the world. Edward Snowden, featured in this clip, has taken his place at my own meditative council table, and here he has the chance to say some things in a way he never has before. Whatever you may think of John Oliver, British host of our humorous (yet dead serious) review of the week's news, he makes brilliant use of imaginal education to get through to an audience that most of us don't have a clue how to address. (Perhaps in this case, we should rename it graphical education.) You're likely to find this thirty minute segment sadly humorous as it slowly develops and builds. If you stick with it to its conclusion, you will have to deal with what many will find outrageously offensive in terms of polite discourse. Then again, it may be that you'll also experience the offense somewhat in the way we've used that word in our community. Enough said. WATCH: John Oliver Employs Brilliant Tactic to Get Edward Snowden to Explain Why NSA Surveillance Matters <http://act.alternet.org/go/59765?t=3&akid=12980.110032.gK8RMk> Gordon