The US government is suing Edward Snowden for his book profits
September 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

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The Justice Department has against Edward Snowden that would recover all proceeds of his recently released memoir, the department announced on Tuesday. The charges coincide with the official publication of the book, which is titled Permanent Record.
Snowden’s memoir was allegedly not submitted to the CIA or NSA for pre-publication review, a required practice among former employees of intelligence agencies. As such, the department considers the book a breach of Snowden’s fiduciary obligations, and names the publishers as co-defendants in the suit.
The government of the United States has just announced a lawsuit over my memoir, which was just released today worldwide. This is the book the government does not want…