<div dir="ltr">When political regimes start getting totalitarian they go a long way before being rolled back. Remember Franco, Stalin, Hitler, MacCarthy, to name but a few. Good luck USA with Bushobama. Better keep safe from that plague as much as possible.<br>
<br>Louis<br>- - -<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 11:41 AM, michael gurstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com" target="_blank">gurstein@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Subject: [SPAM] <nettime> Statement: Why Secure Email Provider Lavabit
closes down<br>
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<a href="http://lavabit.com" target="_blank">http://lavabit.com</a><br>
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My Fellow Users,<br>
<br>
I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in<br>
crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of<br>
hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have<br>
decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you<br>
the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know<br>
what?s going on--the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom
to speak out in situations like this.<br>
Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things<br>
currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even
though I have twice made the appropriate requests.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without<br>
congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_<br>
recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with<br>
physical ties to the United States.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Ladar Levison<br>
Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC<br>
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