![]() ![]() ![]() Snowden remains in Russia, from which he has made speeches virtually at universities and tech events. The government’s criminal case against him includes allegations that he violated the Espionage Act. The government has pursued the civil suit against Snowden as part of broader efforts to hold him to account for his unlawful disclosure of classified NSA surveillance programs in 2013. government, Snowden had violated his secrecy agreements with the CIA and NSA. ![]() A judge had ruled in late 2019 that in publishing the book and speaking about his leaks without pre-approval from the U.S. 18 filing in a Virginia federal court would result in the forfeiture of more than $4 million that Snowden earned from the book, as well as $1 million from public appearances made from 2014 onward. Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has agreed to give up the proceeds from his book “Permanent Record” and the speeches he gave after leaking secret documents in 2013, under a deal reached with U.S. ![]()
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