The lawsuit does not seek to block the release of the book by Edward Snowden: The US government is suing for his book profits
The Justice Department has against Edward Snowden that would recover all proceeds of his recently released memoir, the department announced on Tuesday. The charges coincide with the official publication of the book, which is titled Permanent Record. Snowden’s memoir was allegedly not submitted to the CIA or NSA for pre-publication review, a required practice among former employees of…