The way I read the story, he shut down the site because he received a non-specific warrant e.g. demands for access to every user's messages. It seems to be pre

The way I read the story, he shut down the site because he received a non-specific warrant e.g. demands for access to every user's messages. It seems to be pretty clear that he believed that specific warrants are fine. I saw nothing here, nor in any of the other HN front-page stories about Lavabit, to suggest that Lavabit was unable or unwilling to provide law enforcement agencies with plaintext for suspected criminals. Lavabit's users are lucky that the founder is not willing to participate in wholesale surveillance.