Minor quibble: lavabit was not a forced shutdown. The feds did not expect him to shut down, they would have handed him an NSL forbidding him to do so if they ha

Minor quibble: lavabit was not a forced shutdown. The feds did not expect him to shut down, they would have handed him an NSL forbidding him to do so if they had realized his intentions. Closing the doors to lavabit almost landed Ladar in jail.