“Snowden did not, at any time, submit the manuscript for Permanent Record to either the CIA or NSA for prepublication review,” states the complaint, which is posted below. The government argues that Snowden signed nearly-identical contracts with the CIA and NSA that explicitly required him to give the agencies any writings, including fiction, that included information obtained as a result of his work for them so that they could determine whether the material contained protected information. 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.” “Rather, under well-established Supreme Court precedent, Snepp v. “The United States’ lawsuit does not seek to stop or restrict the publication or distribution of Permanent Record,” said the DOJ in a Tuesday announcement.

The DOJ argues that he violated his “non-disclosure obligations to the United States” by not handing over the book for review before it was published. Lucy Liu to Narrate Audiobook of Celeste Ng's 'Our Missing Hearts' NovelĪccording to the complaint, which was filed Tuesday in Virginia federal court, Snowden’s work for the CIA and NSA required secrecy agreements.

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