Sep 18, 2019 15:00:00

The government claims that the work of Snowden, who made a whistleblowing of NSA, is 'breach of non-disclosure agreement' and demands seizure of sales

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Mike Mozart

The United States Department of Justice, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the United States Central Intelligence Agency , which is the original staff of the (CIA) Edward Snowden as Mr. has violated the confidentiality agreement, Mr. Snowden was published on September 17, 2019 Announced that a civil lawsuit has been filed seeking foreclosure of book sales.

United States Files Civil Lawsuit against Edward Snowden for Publishing a Book in Violation of CIA and NSA Non-Disclosure Agreements | OPA | Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-civil-lawsuit-against-edward-snowden-publishing-book-violation-cia-and

United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden | USAO-EDVA | Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/united-states-files-civil-lawsuit-against-edward-snowden

US wants to seize all money Edward Snowden makes from new book-Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-snowden-lawsuit-idUSKBN1W223Z

Mr. Snowden is a former staff of NSA / CIA, “ PRISM ” that can browse personal information on servers such as Google and Apple has been operated in the United States for more than 5 years, and the United States has been wiretapping around the world In 2013. US judicial authorities tried to detain Snowden, but Snowden fled the United States and flew around Russia, Macau, Hong Kong, and so on. In addition, Mr. Snowden reported on September 15, 2019 that he wanted to go to exile from Hong Kong.

A former CIA employee who exposed the `` PRISM '' problem where the US government was collecting public information revealed its real name-GIGAZINE

Snowden published a memoir “ Permanent Record ” on September 17, 2019. However, the US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit stating that the contents of this book violated a non-disclosure agreement with the government, saying that Snowden had not been subject to prior public review by the judicial authorities required at the time of publication. It was.

However, in the United States, because the constitution guarantees 'free speech or publishing', the US Department of Justice has stated that it will not suspend or restrict the publication of 'Permanent Record' or distribution. According to the Justice Department, the nominal defendant in this civil suit is not Mr. Snowden himself, but `` the company involved in the publication of Mr. Snowden's book '' and demands that Mr. Snowden not give the book's profit .

U.S. Justice Attorney General Jody Hunt said, “When Snowden was hired by the CIA and signed the contract as an NSA employee, he signed a confidentiality agreement with the United States. `` I violate it, '' he said, `` Whether the United States can protect sensitive national security information depends on CIA and NSA officials complying with non-disclosure agreements, including pre-examination obligations. This lawsuit shows that the Department of Justice has not tolerated such a public breach of trust, and we have burdened the United States without complying with the pre-publication review obligations. But do n’t allow them to enrich themselves. ”

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G. Zachary Terwilliger, prosecutor in eastern Virginia, said, “The information gained by the CIA and NSA must not protect individuals, but must protect the state. You ’re guaranteed not to receive any monetary benefits that would betray your trust. ”

Meanwhile, Ben Wisner, a lawyer of the American Civil Litigation that defends Snowden, argued that there was no merit in the Justice Department's lawsuit. It does not contain confidential information. Mr. Snowden would have submitted a book if the government would conduct a pre-public review in good faith. '

Reuters has requested comments from Macmillan Publisher and Henry Holt & Company, the publishers of 'Permanent Record', but neither comment has returned.