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The first reporting from NBC News based on Snowden's documents to be broadcast and published by a U.S. network, was the spark for an exclusive primetime special called “Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden,” hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. Snowden said that it was a combination of the Investigative Unit's work and Williams' credibility and national audience that led him to agree to the much-sought interview. “Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden” was an extraordinary television moment and an important public service. The hour-long special was the first-ever U.S. TV interview with the exiled intelligence analyst whose disclosures about government surveillance have sparked sweeping changes to U.S. policy and transformed the debate about the balance between personal privacy and national security.