Similar language appeared in a secrecy agreement signed by Snowden when he went to work for the NSA as a Booz Allen Hamilton contractor. "Snowden was also required not to 'take any steps towards public disclosure until received written permission to do so from the Central Intelligence Agency.'" AdvertisementĪs part of the non-disclosure agreement, "Snowden specifically agreed that, 'n addition to any other remedy to which the United States Government may become entitled, I hereby assign to the United States Government all rights, title, and interest in any and all royalties, remunerations, and emoluments that have resulted or will result or may result from any divulgence, publication, or revelation of information or material by me that is carried out in breach of. In the CIA Secrecy Agreements Snowden signed, he acknowledged that "Snowden was required to submit his material for prepublication review 'prior to discussing with or showing it to anyone who is not authorized to have access to' classified information," DOJ attorneys wrote in their filing. The suit-which also names Macmillan, its Henry Holt and Company imprint, and its parent company Holtzbrinck Publishers-claims Snowden was in violation of both CIA and NSA secrecy agreements he signed as terms of his employment.
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." Instead, as a DOJ spokesperson said in a press release, "under well-established Supreme Court precedent Snepp v. The lawsuit, filed in the US Court for the District of Eastern Virginia, does not seek to stop publication or distribution of Permanent Record. But DOJ lawyers have found a way to reach out and touch his income-and that of Macmillan Publishers-by filing a civil suit today against them for publication of his book, Permanent Record.
The US Department of Justice may never be able to prosecute Edward Snowden for his procurement and distribution of highly classified information from the network of the National Security Agency. Henry Holt / Macmillan reader comments 148 with
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