Have to turn in for a book to earn 5 million? Snowden: I haven't agreed yet

　　To publish books to earn 5 million must be turned over to the country?

Snowden clarified: It's not decided yet, I haven't agreed

　　[Global Times Special Correspondent Zhen Xiang] "This matter has not been decided yet, I have not yet agreed." In response to a leaked lawsuit involving former CIA employee Snowden and the US government on CNN According to the latest report, Snowden himself clarified on Twitter on the 22nd.

CNN reported earlier that Snowden has agreed to turn over more than $5 million in book and speech revenue to the US government. This statement has been denied by the parties.

　　Last year Snowden published the book "Permanent Record". The U.S. government sued him for violating confidentiality contracts signed with the CIA and the National Security Agency without the approval of the U.S. government before its publication.

Earlier, a US federal judge had agreed with the US Department of Justice's view and required Snowden to pay the proceeds of the book and speech, but the specific amount has not yet been determined.

Statistics show that as of this month, Snowden has earned 4.2 million US dollars through book sales and copyright.

In addition, court documents show that Snowden has conducted 56 paid speeches involving leaked content. All paid speeches received 1.03 million U.S. dollars, with an average income of 18,000 U.S. dollars per speech.

　　However, Snowden's lawyers said that the US government could not get the money immediately because Snowden is considering an appeal to dismiss the judge's finding that it had leaked the secrets.

In addition, Snowden also said on Twitter that he is now in exile and that this sentence cannot take effect, and "I have never had so much money."

Rather than saying "Snowden agreed to give up the $5 million in written speech proceeds and turn it over to the government", Snowden suggested that the title of CNN should be changed to "The U.S. government can receive up to $5 million by pardoning Edward Snowden." Suitable.

　　Collecting the income of leakers through lawsuits has become a way for the US government to deal with leakers.

In addition to using this method to deal with Snowden since last year, the US Department of Justice has recently launched a criminal investigation against former US President's National Security Affairs Assistant Bolton for leaks.

Bolton published this year's book exploding various internal reports of the White House that have discredited US President Trump, but denied that his book constituted a leak.