ADADIn a brief opinion in federal court in Alexandria, Judge Liam O’Grady ruled in the government’s favor. “It’s farfetched to believe that the government would have reviewed Mr. Snowden’s book or anything else he submitted in good faith. ADThe NSA ended its mass collection of data about Americans’ phone calls after Snowden’s leaks forced the government to confirm the program’s existence. The CIA fought up to the Supreme Court in 1980 to win royalties from a former analyst’s book on the failures of the Vietnam War. ADSeveral writers from the intelligence community have been battling the government in court over the review process, saying it has become unconstitutionally politicized.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2019 00:17 UTC