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Snowden's memoir "Permanent Record"
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According to a US court ruling, whistleblower Edward Snowden is expected to cede around $ 5.2 million in fees to the state.
It is about $ 4.2 million for his memoir "Permanent Record" and a good $ 1 million from 56 appearances.
The court found that Snowden had violated his obligation to have the publications related to his intelligence activities submitted for approval.
Snowden had signed confidentiality agreements three times with the secret services CIA and NSA, which provided for that.
The US Department of Justice announced that it must be ensured that Snowden would not derive any monetary benefits from the “breach of trust”.
"Security agencies should protect our nation, not contribute to personal enrichment," said prosecutor G. Zachary Terwilliger.
In 2013 Snowden had given journalists documents about spying activities by the US secret service NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ.
With that he revealed excessive surveillance on the Internet.
While fleeing via Hong Kong, he said he wanted to go to Ecuador, but ended up at Moscow Airport after the US government canceled his passport.
Snowden got asylum in Russia.
For the publication of Snowden's memoir "Permanent Record" in September 2019, the US government filed a lawsuit claiming the proceeds from the book.
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