The owner of Lavabit, a Dallas, TX based secure email service, was forced to shut down his company by the government without due process (or out of fear of no due process), and, furthermore, forced to refrain from sharing the details and reasons as to why the government had shut down his business.
"I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations. I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot. I feel you deserve to know what’s going on--the first amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like this. Unfortunately, Congress has passed laws that say otherwise. As things currently stand, I cannot share my experiences over the last six weeks, even though I have twice made the appropriate requests."
I thought that our government guarantees us citizens some rights. Since when did we switch to The Bill of Rights Sometimes model?
Read more here: http://lavabit.com/
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