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

[Nadim Kobeissi]

On 2013-08-08, at 11:53 PM, Mike Perry <mikeperry at torproject.org> wrote:

> It is profoundly encouraging to see that people of such courage and
> integrity as the Lavabit staff exist, and are willing to put everything
> on the line to stand up against this madness.

+1.
For what it's worth, and even though I think it's pretty unlikely that Cryptocat will receive such an order, I've posted a pledge on our Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/cryptocatapp/status/365733575351480321

NK

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> David Johnson:
>> https://lavabit.com/<https://mail.aljazeera.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=C-JjrgIYEEuVtop4L5ekkprZkHoJaNAI1emSTsdeFmPgXa3gmIunVE-6BLYJ-qLs7Uy3YNIHo0k.&URL=https%3a%2f%2flavabit.com%2f>
>> 
>> 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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