USA issues lawsuit against Snowden
The American justice assures that the former NSA analyst violated the confidentiality agreement with the publication of his book
The United States sued former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst Edward Snowden for violating the confidentiality agreement with the publication of an autobiographical book and the conferences he has given in these years, according to the Department of Justice.
The US Attorney’s Office maintains that Permanent Record violates the confidentiality agreements that Snowden signed with the NSA and with the CIA as a worker for these agencies because they should have submitted the draft of the book to a preventive review. He also mentions “the public speeches he delivered on issues related to Intelligence.”
Justice, however, clarified that it is not intended to prevent the publication of the book, because there is a judicial precedent against such a measure, but only to prevent Snowden from making a profit from it. Thus, you claim any benefit you get from Permanent Record. He also sued the companies involved in the publication “only to ensure that no funds are transferred” to the former analyst.
“The ability of the United States to protect sensitive national security information depends on its employees and contractors complying with their confidentiality agreements, including revisions prior to any publication,” prosecutor Jody Hunt said in a statement.
Hunt noted that the Department of Justice will not tolerate these public trust gaps or allow people to get rich at the expense of the United States. “Intelligence information must protect our country, not provide a personal benefit,” has also ratified prosecutor Zachary Terwilliger.
K. Tovar
Source: El Economista
