United States of America v. Snowden

  1. September 29, 2020

    Snowden Ordered To Pay $5M For Revealing Classified Info

    A Virginia federal court on Tuesday ordered former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to hand over more than $5 million that he allegedly earned from book sales and speaking engagements in which he revealed classified information without permission.

  2. August 07, 2020

    Snowden Hit With Discovery Sanction Over Tell-All Book

    Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden was sanctioned in Virginia federal court on Friday for his deliberate "wholesale refusal to respond to discovery" related to his memoir released in September, which the court said contained classified information.

  3. December 17, 2019

    Court Finds Edward Snowden Violated NDA With New Memoir

    The U.S. government got an early win Tuesday in its battle to seize proceeds from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden's new memoir after a Virginia federal judge ruled that the embattled whistleblower violated his legal obligation to allow federal authorities to vet the book before publication.

  4. October 24, 2019

    Gov't Pushes For Ruling In Edward Snowden NDA Suit

    Whistleblower Edward Snowden has no legal excuse for not letting the CIA and National Security Agency vet his new tell-all memoir, the government told a Virginia federal court in pushing for a partial win in the case.

  5. September 17, 2019

    NSA Leaker Snowden Violated NDA With New Book, Feds Say

    The U.S. Justice Department claims the publication of whistleblower Edward Snowden's new tell-all memoir breached nondisclosure agreements he signed as a National Security Agency contractor, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in which the government aims to seize proceeds of the book's sales.