right. They're putting their lives' work, their livelihood, at stake. Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes <a...@acm.org> +1 (817) 271-9619 On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Mike Perry <mikepe...@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. > > 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> >> . > >> -- >> Liberationtech list is public and archives are searchable on Google. Too >> many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing >> moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Mike Perry > > -- > Liberationtech list is public and archives are searchable on Google. Too many > emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing > moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Liberationtech list is public and archives are searchable on Google. Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
