US government goes after Snowden for new book

Published September 17, 2019 6:59pm ET



The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit Tuesday against Edward Snowden and will seek to confiscate all the proceeds from the National Security Agency leaker’s book.

In its lawsuit, the government argues Snowden “damaged and irreparably harmed” the CIA and NSA’s ability to protect national security information by violating his nondisclosure agreements with the spy agencies.

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