Profits earned from Edward Snowden’s new book, Permanent Record, will be taken by the United States government, a judge has ruled, meaning that for anyone purchasing a copy for a Christmas gift, the money won’t go to the author. You can find a link here: https://t.co/NFs9gmQSOM — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 19, 2019He went on to suggest people gift the book to someone else when they’re done reading it. It became an international scandal as journalists revealed the extent to which U.S. security agencies had been spying on cellphones. The book, published by Macmillan Publishing Group, details the decisions Snowden made along the way and how he got the documents out. Brett Max Kaufman, Snowden’s lawyer, said in a statement to the Washington Post, “It’s farfetched to believe that the government would have reviewed Mr. Snowden’s book or anything else he submitted in good faith.

Source: National Post December 24, 2019 12:01 UTC