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The US government is entitled to every cent Edward Snowden earns from publishing his memoir, Permanent Record, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
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Snowden is still in exile in Russia, where he has been stranded since 2013. The classified documents Snowden leaked to multiple journalists that year sparked an intense debate over US surveillance practices and inspired some modest reforms. Snowden faces near-certain prosecution for espionage if he returns to the US.The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on September 17, the day Snowden's book first went on sale, seeking to seize Snowden's book profits. On Tuesday, just three months later, Judge Liam O'Grady granted the government's motion for summary judgment.
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The judge also ruled that Snowden had breached his contractual responsibilities by giving speeches at the TED conference and other venues.
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"Both the CIA and NSA secrecy agreements prohibit unauthorized publication of certain information, and Permanent Record discusses those types of information," O'Grady wrote. As a result, "the government is entitled to summary judgment."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 20 2019, @02:40AM (2 children)
Alternatively, the US govt can kiss his ass, they aren't gonna be able to do anything in spite of the so-called "entitlement".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 20 2019, @04:55AM (1 child)
They can force Amazon to pay the US government for every copy sold worldwide. That would probably get Amazon to stop offering the book, which would reduce the attractiveness of the book to his publishers.
(Score: 2) by exaeta on Friday December 20 2019, @09:49PM
The Government is a Bird