U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady in Alexandria, Va., ruled that Snowden is liable for breach of contract with the government because he publishedwithout submitting it for a pre-publication review, in violation agreements he signed with both the NSA and the Central Intelligence Agency. In the book, Snowden explains how he viewed himself as a whistleblower by revealing details about the government’s mass collection of emails, phone calls and internet activity in the name of national security.
Brett Max Kaufman, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Center for Democracy and lawyer for Snowden, said the legal team disagrees with the ruling and is reviewing its options.“It’s far-fetched to believe that the government would have reviewed Mr. Snowden’s book or anything else he submitted in good faith,” Kaufman said in a statement. “For that reason, Mr. Snowden preferred to risk his future royalties than to subject his experiences to improper government censorship.
The federal government’s lawsuit didn’t attempt to limit the book’s distribution, but asked the judge to allow the government to collect all the proceeds from the book.
Good and keep him in Russia
...The government will always take your money.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
'The Crown': Inside Prince Charles' Friendship with Tutor Edward Millward'By the end of their eight weeks together Millward and Charles had grown genuinely fond and respectful of each other.'
Source: ELLE Magazine (US) - 🏆 472. / 51 Read more »
Judge sentences ex-Trump campaign aide Gates to probation and 45 days in jailA federal judge sentenced President Trump's former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, charged in the Mueller probe, to serve 45 days in jail and 36 months of probation The moral of the story is never work for Trump, unless you want to get dragged down he's level. 45 days. Nice vacation. Still got millions stashed overseas. I’d call that a win.
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »
U.S. judge approves PG&E deal with California wildfire victims; stock jumpsA bankruptcy judge approved PG&E's $13.5 billion settlement with victims of Californian wildfires. PG&E's power lines ignited several deadly wildfires, including last year's devastating 'Camp Fire' Wait, power lines ignited the fires? I was told it was global warming to blame. I want my money back! All these huge companies do minimum in safety measures to prevent things like this or oil leaks, pollution etc. they just take the money and screw the rest of us Called WC, Poland Go Germany and End
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »
House inches closer to historic impeachment vote with Rules Committee hearingThe impeachment charges will be taken up on Tuesday morning by the House Rules Committee. Is it historic because there was no crime? Historic vote? More like garbage tv
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Joel Osteen on his friendship with Kanye West and their next big collaborationJoel Osteen, who stopped by “GMA” to talk about his 12th book, “The Power of Favor,” reveals what it was like to collaborate with Kanye West. I want to puke! TAX THE CHURCH! Shame the thousands of kids who will starve to death today weren’t with you to, but I’m sure god will save them instead... no wait.... he won’t.
Source: ABC - 🏆 471. / 51 Read more »
Former National Security Adviser Flynn Faces Jan. 28 SentencingA federal judge rejected an effort by former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s attorneys to dismiss the criminal case against him and set a sentencing date of Jan. 28. Pardon Flynn. realDonaldTrump oops
Source: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Read more »