US govt mistakenly leaks Snowden’s name in case that shuttered Lavabit

The US government has accidentally leaked Edward Snowden’s name, letting slip the FBI’s real target in its legal pursuit of the email firm Lavabit. The encrypted service was shut down following the NSA scandal, burying the secret name in the process. The classified identity of the FBI’s interest in the case would have remained unknown … Continue reading US govt mistakenly leaks Snowden’s name in case that shuttered Lavabit