Liberty Minute

August 9 2013

Ladar Levison, who operates the Lavabit e-mail service, sent a notice to his customers that he was shutting down his company rather than becoming ?complicit in crimes against the American people.?

Levison had been targeted by a National Security Letter or an NSA surveillance warrant, and wasn?t willing to become a collaborator in the Regime?s surveillance program. So he was forced to end a lucrative business he had created himself through a decade of hard work.

To appreciate the integrity displayed by Mr. Levison it?s useful to examine what is being done to the family of former CIA terrorism analyst John Kiriakou, who was sent to prison as punishment for confirming the Agency?s illegal use of torture. Kiriakou?s wife received a notice from the company that provided the family with auto and homeowners insurance for twenty years cancelling their policy. The company, according to the letter, does not insure felons. When his wife tried to put the policy in her name, she was told the company doesn?t insure ?felonious families.?

Kiriakou?s supposed offense, of course, was to expose felonious conduct of high-ranking CIA officials.

A totalitarian regime not only punishes dissenters, but their families, friends, and business associates, as well.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free