[cryptome] Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service

From: "Al Mac Wow" <macwheel99@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 11:57:25 -0500

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Date: Aug 17, 2013

From: "Randall Webmail" 

Subject: Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His
Service

 

Better than ever, things just keep on getting ...

 

  [More via Dewayne via Dave Farber]

Source:

<http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-lavabitcom-owne
r-i-could-be-arrested-for-resisting-surveillance-order?lite>

 

Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service from
the *either-you-help-us-spy-on-people-or-you're-a-criminal* dept

 

The saga of Lavabit founder Ladar Levison is getting even more ridiculous,
as he explains that the government has threatened him with criminal charges
for his decision to shut down the business, rather than agree to some
mysterious court order. The feds are apparently arguing that the act of
shutting down the business, itself, was a violation of the order:

 

* ... a source familiar with the matter told NBC News that James Trump, a
senior litigation counsel in the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Va.,
sent an email to Levison's lawyer last Thursday -- the day Lavabit was
shuttered -- stating that Levison may have "violated the court order," a
statement that was interpreted as a possible threat to charge Levison with
contempt of court. *

 

[snip]

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130816/14533924213/feds-threaten-to-arres
t-lavabit-founder-shutting-down-his-service.shtml

 

 

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[cryptome] Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service

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