A review of former Snowden staff memorandum filed by the US Department of Justice September 18 21:01
CIA accused the United States of collecting a large amount of personal information over the memoirs published by former Snowden officials of the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Department of Justice seeking payment of the profits obtained by publishing for violating confidentiality obligations Filed a lawsuit.
Former CIA employee Edward Snowden accused the US of an intelligence agency that collected a large amount of personal information, such as call records and emails, and is now exiled to Russia.
Mr. Snowden published a memoir on the 17th, explaining how he was involved in building a system for collecting personal information.
In response, the US Department of Justice has filed a civil action in Virginia's court asking Snowden and publishers to pay for the profits they get from publishing against them, alleging that the publication of the memoirs violates confidentiality obligations. It was.
Regarding the lawsuit, the Justice Department said, “American state secrets are protected by employees complied with confidentiality obligations. We cannot allow individuals to gain wealth in violation of this obligation.” , And do not want to suspend publication and distribution.
On the other hand, Mr. Snowden wrote on his Twitter that "My book that the US government does not want to read is now the best-selling book in the world".
Mr. Snowden's evaluation depends on whether it is a traitor who caused damage to the state or a accuser of justice.