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> Only other scenario that would work is for Joe to fly over there... which probably wouldn't happen.

I wouldn’t want to see a Sean Penn/El Chapo incident[0] happen with these two.

[0] https://theintercept.com/2016/01/12/sean-penn-el-chapo-opsec...

Different circumstances: Snowden's location is well-known, he's protected via political asylum. El Chapo on the other hand was being hunted by the local government so he was dependent on his location remaining secret.

John Oliver from Last Week Tonight did fly over to interview Edward Snowden[0]. But considering the worries their team went through, it's fair others decide to not do it.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M

> Regardless, Joe's getting so many good interviews in the past two years.

Joe has been a better journalist than 99% of real journalists. Makes pretty much everyone else look like an amateur at this.