Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Fom the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2013-08-14:

"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." -- Ladar Levison, owner of Lavabit, a secure e-mail service. Levison shut the firm down this month when he felt he could no longer guarantee the privacy of clients in the face of U.S. government information requests.

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(submitted to the mailing list by Mike Krawchuk)