John Oliver Scores First Interview With Former NSA Chief for 'Last Week Tonight' Debu

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John Oliver Scores First Interview With Former NSA Chief for 'Last Week Tonight' Debut
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It's ** national secret anymore: John Oliver's first guest for his new HBO show,*Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,*will be former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Keith Alexander. It will be Alexander's first interview since retiring.

Alexander stepped down in October, four months after former NSA contractor Edward S**wden (http://mashable.com/category/edward-s**wden/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) leaked top-secret documents. Alexander's deputy, John Inglis, retired in January.

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a weekly half-hour satirical look at the news, the gig Oliver scored after his successful stint standing in for Jon Stewart on The Daily Show last summer. It premieres on Sunday at 11 p.m. ET on HBO. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/john-oliver-scores-first-interview-with-retired-nsa-head-for-last-week-tonight-debut/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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