CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden agrees to forfeit more than $5m from book proceeds to US government

Edward Snowden’s book, Permanent Record, was released last year.  It offers by far the most expansive and personal account of how Snowden turned from obscure NSA worker to whisleblower, a move which set off a national debate about the extent of government surveillance by intelligence agencies desperate to avoid a repeat of the September 11 attacks.  … Read more