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Is Snowden actually helping the case for 'big surveillance'?

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The NSA is making the case for Big Brother: by forcing the government to be more transparent about the NSA's security program, we now know the program's benefits. With this recent revelation, has Edward Snowden inadvertently made the case for civilian surveillance? Chris Matthews, NBC's Michael Isikoff, and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson discuss.