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

[James S. Tyre]

And now Silent Circle's Silent Mail service.

 

https://silentcircle.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/to-our-customers/

 

(They say that they have not received any warrants, NSL letters, etc, but are shutting
sown that service before they do.)

 

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James S. Tyre

Law Offices of James S. Tyre

10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512

Culver City, CA 90230-4969

310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax)

jstyre at jstyre.com

Policy Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org

 

From: liberationtech-bounces at lists.stanford.edu
[mailto:liberationtech-bounces at lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of David Johnson
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 1:31 PM
To: Liberation Technologies
Subject: [liberationtech] From Snowden's email provider. NSL???

 

 

 

 

 
<https://mail.aljazeera.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=C-JjrgIYEEuVtop4L5ekkprZkHoJaNAI1emSTsdeFmPgX
a3gmIunVE-6BLYJ-qLs7Uy3YNIHo0k.&URL=https%3a%2f%2flavabit.com%2f> https://lavabit.com/

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
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