United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden

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Post by coloneltcb » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:13 PM UTC

United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden
justice.gov

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Post by sarcasmatwork » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:17 PM UTC

This seems like targeted harassment. Are those NDA's even valid anymore?

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Post by gnud » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:32 PM UTC

Disclaimer: I'm just a ingorant non-lawyer non-american.

Wouldn't a great defense here be that the NDAs shouldn't be enforced because the actions covered were criminal? I mean, isn't that standard with NDAs?

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Post by AndrewBissell » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:35 PM UTC

Well, guess I'll wait to see how this turns out before buying the book, I wouldn't want to hand one more penny than necessary to these .gov ghouls.

If the government prevails in the lawsuit hopefully Snowden will offer an e-book for purchase with cryptocurrency.

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Post by sneak » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:36 PM UTC

I was wondering if they were going to try this.

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Post by wheelerwj » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:37 PM UTC

classic Trump. Of course he wants to enforce the NDA...

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Post by tootie » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:37 PM UTC

gnud wrote: post #3

Disclaimer: I'm just a ingorant non-lawyer non-american. Wouldn't a great defense here be that the NDAs shouldn't be enforced because the actions covered were criminal? I mean, isn't that standard with NDAs?

What part was criminal? And how would he prove that?

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Post by gnud » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:39 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #7

gnud wrote: post #3

Disclaimer: I'm just a ingorant non-lawyer non-american. Wouldn't a great defense here be that the NDAs shouldn't be enforced because the actions covered were criminal? I mean, isn't that standard with NDAs?

What part was criminal? And how would he prove that?

The alleged spying on US citizens. I know the rest of us are fair game somehow.

This could be a chance to get this before the courts, was my actual (badly communicated) point.

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Post by busterarm » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:39 PM UTC

wheelerwj wrote: post #6

classic Trump. Of course he wants to enforce the NDA...

Well, this is a terribly nonconstructive way to start a conversation.

If anything, it's Classic POTUS, as his predecessor attempted to prosecute more whistleblowers under the Espionage Act than all prior POTUS' combined.

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Post by _nalply » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:41 PM UTC

tootie wrote: post #7

gnud wrote: post #3

Disclaimer: I'm just a ingorant non-lawyer non-american. Wouldn't a great defense here be that the NDAs shouldn't be enforced because the actions covered were criminal? I mean, isn't that standard with NDAs?

What part was criminal? And how would he prove that?

Perhaps it would be better to use the word "unconstitutional".