The head of Lavabit, the email service used by Edward Snowden, shut down his own company rather than comply with FBI orders to expose its 400,000 users to direct surveillance, court documents unsealed Wednesday show. Founder Ladar Levison repeatedly refused to hand over information requested in the hunt for Snowden, who used the Lavabit service … Continue reading Snowden’s Email Service Lavabit Defied FBI Orders to Expose Users to Direct Surveillance