>http://lavabit.com/
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit
>Snowden fallout - bound & gagged.

Yep - the feds want to shutdown any such service that a) hides your location or b) that they can't tap into or c) hides your identity. Last week the Tor network was compromised. They tell us it's to protect us from terrorist and child molesters - which are very noble causes I agree - but seems to me the targets appear to me more towards using thug methodology in an attempt to silence whistle blowers and critics. Sounds a lot like something that could backfire real easy eventually.