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U.S. Sues Edward Snowden Over Book

September 17, 2019 at 1:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on Tuesday for failing to submit his book to the government for clearance,” CNBC reports.

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Snowden Has a Book Coming Out

August 1, 2019 at 9:54 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir that will describe his role in the accumulation of metadata and the “crisis of conscience” that led him to steal a trove of files in 2013 and share them with reporters, the AP reports.

Snowden, who faces U.S. charges that could land him in prison, is currently living in exile in Moscow.

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Bonus Quote of the Day

July 20, 2015 at 1:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 61 Comments

“We need to hang him on the courthouse square as soon was we get our hands on him.”

— Former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), quoted by BuzzFeed, on NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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