Since that editorial was published (back in 2007), the person who wrote it, Nicholas Merrill, has been "partially un-gagged": he is now able to talk publicly ab

Since that editorial was published (back in 2007), the person who wrote it, Nicholas Merrill, has been "partially un-gagged": he is now able to talk publicly about portions of the case. A followup Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/09/AR2010080906252.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08... He also did an IAmA post on reddit, which has a lot of information: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fjfby/iama_director_of_an_isp_who_was_the_first_person/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fjfby/iama_director_of... (Since reddit is down right now, here's the cached Google version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2FIAmA%2Fcomments%2Ffjfby%2Fiama_director_of_an_isp_who_was_the_first_person%2F#siteTable http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...) --- Edit: Wanted to add a link to a later followup post he made on Reddit, talking about his plans to start a "Non-profit ISP and Teleco": http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/fkndx/update_national_security_letter_challenge_why_we/ http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/fkndx/update_nat... (And the Google cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Freddit.com%2Fcomments%2Ffkndx%2Fupdate_national_security_letter_challenge_why_we%2F http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%...) --- Edit: And in case people are curious about the actual court case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doe_v._Ashcroft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doe_v._Ashcroft