[Discuss] Lavabit Email Shutdown

Richard Pieri richard.pieri at gmail.com
Fri Aug 9 09:02:21 EDT 2013


Will Rico wrote:
> The Lavabit email service abruptly shut down citing government
> interference, possibly because the US government thinks Edward Snowden uses
> the service.

Ladar Levison was almost certainly served with the same kinds of notice 
that Pete Ashdown of XMission was given. Where Pete probably has an 
attorney with the chops to fight against sweeping warrantless wiretaps, 
Ladar probably doesn't.

-- 
Rich P.



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