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For those wondering, the purpose here (part of a multi-pronged approach) is to restrict his income and seize his assets. The less money someone has access to, t
by kstenerud 7y ago
For those wondering, the purpose here (part of a multi-pronged approach) is to restrict his income and seize his assets. The less money someone has access to, the less power they have. This makes it harder for him to live day-to-day, restricts his access to experts who won't work pro-bono, and ultimately will hurt his criminal defense should he ever return to the USA.
These guys don't fool around. Expect more pressure from other angles as well.
- mCOLlSVIxp6c 7y agoI strongly agree. Since Snowden himself is presumably in Russia, the U.S. government is effectively attempting economic sanctions against him. Their method is to scare anyone that might send him money with a lawsuit.
- wpdev_63 7y agoEdward Snowden should really setup a monero wallet and post the address on his site. I would love to give him some money at the end of the year.
- kzrdude 7y agoHe's just released a book, I wonder how it is set up, can he earn the money from it or not?
- likpok 7y agoIf he loses the lawsuit, no (the money goes to a trust for the USG). It's possible that Macmillan paid him an advance and so he already has the money. I don't know if the feds can do much in that case.
- toyg 7y agoThis is indeed the case, the rumoured advance was around $100k. Also, it's entirely possible that there will be ways for the publisher to never repatriate profits from sales abroad and/or translations. This is just petty stuff from petty bureaucrats.
- JetSpiegel 7y agoCan't Snowden's publishers just use the Irish tax loopholes and bill the US corporation "intellectual property" rights with the same value as the profits? So that the book's profits are 0? This would also provide a strong justification for closing said loopholes.