From Reuters:
“Whistleblower
Edward Snowden's book earnings should go to U.S. government, court rules”
The United
States is entitled to more than $5.2 million from former National Security
Agency contractor Edward Snowden’s book royalties, a federal court ruled this
week, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In a statement, the
department said the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on
Tuesday also ruled in favor of setting up a trust for the government for any
future earnings from Snowden’s book, which had been the subject of a federal
lawsuit. A lawyer for Snowden did not immediately respond to a request for
comment. In September 2019, the U.S. government sued Snowden, who resides in
Russia, over his publication of “Permanent Record”, a book which the United
States says violated non-disclosure agreements he signed when working for both
NSA and the Central Intelligence Agency. The United States alleges that Snowden
published the book without first submitting it to U.S. agencies for
pre-publication review, in violation of agreements he signed when working for
the agencies. U.S. authorities did not seek to block publication of Snowden’s
book but rather to seize all proceeds. Last December, a federal court in
Virginia found that Snowden did breach his obligations to the CIA and NSA but
reserved judgment on possible remedies. In an order issued on Tuesday, the
court entered a judgment in the U.S. government’s favor for more than $5.2
million. The civil litigation over the book is separate from criminal charges
prosecutors filed against Snowden under a 1917 U.S. espionage law.
^ Snowdon cannot
play the martyr and try and claim he released all that sensitive information
that put millions of Americans and our Allies at risk because he really cared.
He only did it for the money and praise. This ruling now denies him the money
from his book and he remains a traitor stuck in Russia. ^
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