DOJ files lawsuit against Edward Snowden

[Chris0nllyn]

The United States today filed a lawsuit against Edward Snowden, a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA), who published a book entitled Permanent Record in violation of the non-disclosure agreements he signed with both CIA and NSA.

The United States’ lawsuit does not seek to stop or restrict the publication or distribution of Permanent Record. Rather, under well-established Supreme Court precedent, Snepp v. United States, the government seeks to recover all proceeds earned by Snowden because of his failure to submit his publication for pre-publication review in violation of his alleged contractual and fiduciary obligations.

This lawsuit is separate from the criminal charges brought against Snowden for his alleged disclosures of classified information. This lawsuit is a civil action, and based solely on Snowden’s failure to comply with the clear pre-publication review obligations included in his signed non-disclosure agreements.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/unit...ard-snowden-publishing-book-violation-cia-and

 

[Kyle]

Sounds expensive.

 

[PeoplesElbow]

Aw thats nothing, I keep getting phone calls saying the IRS is filing lawsuit against me.

 

[This_person]

I'm certain that if they can't find intent on the part of Clinton it will be equally impossible to find from Eddie.

Not that intent is required.