Snowden's making up to $1.25M/yr on speaking fees plus script consulting for Oliver Stone. Nice bump from gov't payscale. Though not enough to compensate for being under 24/7 FSB watch.
You are taking a speaking fee that is implied to be at the upper end, and multiplying it by a number including unpaid speeches (which is "many" of them), and then implying that this is how much he is making.
Sure, you said up to. I also make up to $1.25M/yr on speaking fees, but it's not a bump up from any payscale since the actual number is 0.
How informative is such statement? Is the $25,000 based on the maximum fee that any speaker has earned? Is it the average fee? Is it the highest fee that Snowden or someone representing him has said he have earned?
Is the $1.25M/yr in any way anchored to Snowden, or is it just speculation? Do Daniel Ellsberg also earn 1.25M/yr through speaker fees? The Wikipedia article about him fails to mention his vast riches.
>He is scheduled to make more than 50 such appearances around the world this year, earning speaking fees that can reach more than $25,000 per appearance, though many speeches are pro bono.
Snowden movie:
> Snowden had a hand in making the film as well, consulting Stone and helping with the casting.
https://www.rt.com/news/335319-snowden-stone-movie-problems-...