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Snowden and others respond to 60 Minutes' latest broadcast

In the days leading up to the November 8 broadcast, and in the days that followed, 60 Minutes stories were discussed in tweets from some notable viewers. Take a look below for some of the more interesting messages we saw, including tweets from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.

Sen. Tester tweeted on the heels of Scott Pelley's story, "Into Dangerous Hands," highlighting critical lapses in the U.S. government's security clearance process.

On his website, Sen. Tester says the broadcast "exposed flaws in the background investigations of Bradley Manning, Aaron Alexis and Edward Snowden."

As Pelley reported, key details were missing in those individuals' evaluations -- details that could have prevented them from getting security clearances in the first place.

Snowden responded:

Many viewers came to the leakers' defense:

One viewer was more fascinated by Lesley Stahl's story on the Large Hadron Collider.

The most tweeted about story of the week was Charlie Rose's behind-the-scenes look at the Broadway smash hit "Hamilton" and its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, who shared this memory from his time spent with the 60 Minutes team:



As the broadcast aired, Dave Itzkoff, a reporter for The New York Times, was quick to notice Charlie's Rose's excitement when he got up on the "Hamilton" stage's turntable. The rotating table is used in the musical to portray, among other things, a scene in which Alexander Hamilton faces off in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.

After the broadcast aired, 60 Minutes Overtime published a look at the "Hamilton" cast recording an album in the studio, and other extra footage of the Broadway show. One fan posed this question:

The answer, if she really wanted to try it: just about 117 times.

And then there was Tuesday night's presidential debate, in which Donald Trump commented that he's gotten to know Russian President Vladimir Putin "very well" because they both were interviewed on 60 Minutes' 48th season premiere in September.

"We were stablemates," Trump said at the Republican debate.

Given that Trump's interview took place in New York while Putin's took place in Moscow, viewers were quick to call out Trump:


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