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Living Room / Interview with Ladar Levinson of LAVABIT (Must see)
« Last post by Renegade on August 13, 2013, 01:32 PM »I'm not really a fan of Amy Goodman, but when she gets some people on, I can't stay away:
http://www.democracy...owdens_email_service
What can you say? This fellow's business has been destroyed because he had some moral convictions. Rare. Very rare.
And destroyed why?
Just shameful.
http://www.democracy...owdens_email_service
EXCLUSIVE: Owner of Snowden’s Email Service on Why He Closed Lavabit Rather Than Comply With Gov’t
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LADAR LEVISON: Yeah, well, I’ve—thank you, Amy. I’ve compared the decision to that of, you know, putting a beloved pet to sleep, you know, faced with the choice of watching it suffer or putting it to sleep quietly. It was a very difficult decision. But I felt that in the end I had to pick between the lesser of two evils and that shutting down the service, if it was no longer secure, was the better option. It was, in effect, the lesser of the two evils.
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LADAR LEVISON: Unfortunately, I can’t talk about that. I would like to, believe me. I think if the American public knew what our government was doing, they wouldn’t be allowed to do it anymore, which is why I’m here in D.C. today speaking to you. My hope is that, you know, the media can uncover what’s going on, without my assistance, and, you know, sort of pressure both Congress and our efforts through the court system to, in effect, put a cap on what it is the government is entitled to in terms of our private communications.
What can you say? This fellow's business has been destroyed because he had some moral convictions. Rare. Very rare.
And destroyed why?
Just shameful.
(Does that word mean what I think it means?) 
