I took that to mean his case revealed the FBI could get SSL keys under gag order, not that that was their objective in his case from the onset. (though given th

I took that to mean his case revealed the FBI could get SSL keys under gag order, not that that was their objective in his case from the onset. (though given that they got them, the keys probably would end up in that database, hence why he closed down) Remember, the FBI originally got an order for data on Snowden's account. Data that any other mail provider could easily hand over on at least a daily basis. Why would the FBI think that was a decent pretext for SSL keys? As far as I can tell, the only reason the FBI got a federal judge to sign of on the SSL order was that Lavabit pissed off the Judge by not cooperating with the Feds on the original order to the Judge's satisfaction. Absent that, it's not the least bit clear they could have gotten an order for it.