Lavabit down ...

[Kyle Maxwell]

Likely related to Snowden:
http://boingboing.net/2013/07/12/so-apparently-edward-snowden.html

On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Trigger Happy <triggerhappy at openmail.cc> wrote:
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> what I saw today lavabit.com
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> My Fellow Users,
>
> I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit
> in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten
> years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul
> searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could
> legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I
> feel you deserve to know what’s going on--the first amendment is
> supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like
> this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As
> things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last
> six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests.
>
> What’s going to happen now? We’ve already started preparing the
> paperwork needed to continue to fight for the Constitution in the
> Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. A favorable decision would allow me
> resurrect Lavabit as an American company.
>
> This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without
> congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would
> _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a
> company with physical ties to the United States.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ladar Levison
> Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC
>
>
> - --
> Trigger Happy
> jabber: triggerhappy at jabber.ccc.de
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