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This morning, President Barack Obama introduced reform initiatives to NSA programs, including phone data storage and surveillance.

Five, to be exact.

A U.S. District Court judge has found the NSA’s phone data collection program to be lawful because 9/11, essentially.

Watch this very merry, Orwellian Christmas message from Edward Snowden.

In a new, revealing must-read interview with the Washington Post, however, Snowden offers some illuminating insight into his motivations, noting that his “mission’s already accomplished,” and highlighting his “selfish fear” that predated his data drop.

“I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary invasion’ than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying it and analyzing it without judicial approval.”

During the interview, Tonight Show host and human bobble head Jay Leno pressed Obama about several hot-button issues including Trayvon Martin, the National Security Agency and Edward Snowden, the economy, Obamacare, the recent Embassy closings in the Middle East, and so on.