The former official of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the united States, Edward Snowden, would be considering the use of bitcoin to handle the proceeds of your new book, after being sued in the american justice.Snowden, known for filtering the information obtained when served as a subcontractor for the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA), received a civil lawsuit this week by the publication of his book, Permanent Record (permanent Record). The demand, filed the State itself, through the Department of Justice (DoJ) in the united States Unidos.De according to the official information, the united States alleged that Snowden violated the confidentiality agreements signed with the government agencies, to publish his book. As explained, the text should go through a review of the CIA and the NSA, prior to its publication.It is worth remembering that Snowden, who served as a technology consultant in both agencies, made public a large amount of information about the programs of global surveillance of united States. The book is his memoirs about the filtering of this data to the journalists of american media.However, the DoJ is not interested in to prevent or restrict the circulation of “permanent Record”, but to “recover” the totality of the income received by Snowden from the sale of this book. It is for this reason that the demand also involves the publishing house that released the book, with the purpose of to avoid that you can tansferir the royalties to the defendant. Several media pointed out that, once it is made public the procedure, sales of the text to be fired.Snowden, who currently lives in Russia under the benefit of asylum, commented on the demand of your followers on the social network Twitter. In one his tweets stated the following: “in conclusion, this is good for bitcoin”. Many followers, enthusiasts of the cryptocurrencies, held the comment of Snowden and invited him to use payment services with cryptocurrencies to market your book.
in conclusion this is good for bitcoin— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 17, 2019
The consultant expressed some months ago on the criptomomedas at the Annual Conference of Bitcoin 2019, held in San Francisco, united States, via a video link from Russia. In his intervention, he highlighted the freedom of action offered by Bitcoin and the ability that offers to do exchanges, without need to ask permissions to the governments. There he also highlighted the role of privacy in society and the need to exercise it as a fundamental right.