[liberationtech] From Snowden's email provider. NSL???

[Shava Nerad]

http://boingboing.net/2013/08/08/lavabit-email-service-snowden.html

has the link to the correct paypal donation page.


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:31 PM, David Johnson <david at bostonreview.net>wrote:

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> https://lavabit.com/<https://mail.aljazeera.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=C-JjrgIYEEuVtop4L5ekkprZkHoJaNAI1emSTsdeFmPgXa3gmIunVE-6BLYJ-qLs7Uy3YNIHo0k.&URL=https%3a%2f%2flavabit.com%2f>
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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
> Defending the constitution is expensive! Help us by donating to the
> Lavabit Legal Defense Fund here<https://mail.aljazeera.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=C-JjrgIYEEuVtop4L5ekkprZkHoJaNAI1emSTsdeFmPgXa3gmIunVE-6BLYJ-qLs7Uy3YNIHo0k.&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.paypal.com%2fcgi-bin%2fwebscr%3fcmd%3d_s-xclick%26hosted_button_id%3d7BCR4A5W9PNN4>
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Shava Nerad
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