Edward Snowden has taken $1.2m in speaking fees in exile, US filing saysWhistleblower Edward Snowden has earned more than $1.2m in speaking fees since he leaked confidential US material to outlets including the Guardian and went into exile in Moscow, according to a filing by the US justice department in court in Massachusetts. As well as speaking fees, Snowden released a book, Permanent Record, in September 2019. Snowden’s speaking fees, as listed by the government, cover a total of 67 engagements from 2015 to May this year. The first such event, on 16 September 2015, was for CSLA, a Hong Kong brokerage, and earned Snowden $50,000. In a statement on Saturday, the ACLU said: “Edward Snowden blew the whistle on illegal government activity kept secret for years, sparking a global debate about the proper limits of government surveillance.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2020 12:56 UTC