Lavabit shut downs!

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.
Ladar Levison


Internet is dying

>>1
In the USA, the Internet was dead on 2002, when all ISP in the were required by law to implement gateways/backdoors on their backbones.

>>8
Digital pulses and organized bits in the Darpanet are not considered press, since the patents and network infrastructure belong to the US. Thus there are too many laws in the US that if the US gov. want something in the US, they can get it. Reading all the FCC rulings should have been enough of a warning. After the Kim Dotcom incident occurred, it should have been crystal clear that the USA will use force to get what it wants, in whatever part of the world.

Ladar issue right now it worse, so pray they do not convict him. Be sure if you will donate, donate anonymously, with cash and a proxy. Their servers have been compromised. If used to host with them, prepare your collateral damage reports to your correspondents.

>>17
USENET ;p