US court demands Edward Snowden cough up $5.2mn in royalties from memoir, claiming violations of NSA non-disclosure deal

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A federal judge has ruled that the US government may seize $5.2 million in book royalties from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, alleging he breached non-disclosure agreements with the agency and made “unlawful financial gains.”

The Department of Justice announced the ruling on Thursday, the culmination of a year-long legal case launched after the publication of Snowden’s memoir, ‘Permanent Record,’ last September.

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