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Once they served him with a warrant (this was several weeks before Snowden came public with anything) he could not skip town without getting nailed with an obst

Once they served him with a warrant (this was several weeks before Snowden came public with anything) he could not skip town without getting nailed with an obstruction of justice charge and a subsequent trip to prison. He had no idea the warrant was related to Snowden until several weeks after it had been issued.

Amadou 13y ago
Once they served him with a warrant (this was several weeks before Snowden came public with anything) According to the relevant wikipedia entries lavabit was served the first court order the day after snowden revealed his identity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Connection_to_Edward_Snowden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Connection_to_Edward_S...
- MagicWishMonkey 13y ago
  http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130811/23331324140/feds-hit-lavabit-with-warrant-back-april-shutdown-likely-over-something-much-bigger.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130811/23331324140/feds-h...
  - Amadou 13y ago
    That link talks about a search warrant regarding child porn, not Snowden.
    - malandrew 13y ago
      I'm wondering if the warrant was actually about Snowden but they used child porn as cover. If so, would that be grounds to dismiss things in a court of law?