another article mentioned that lavabit had complied with a child porn request. so i guess it's related to that (the first doc mentions child porn).
as to why it's significant. first, cryptome doesn't really filter stuff, so they aren't "endorsing" it. someone submitted it to cryptome. perhaps they thought it was related to the recent closure (at first glance, it doesn't seem to be).
here you go: Court records show that, in June, Lavabit complied with a routine search warrant targeting a child pornography suspect in a federal case in Maryland. That suggests that Levison isn’t a privacy absolutist. Whatever compelled him to shut down now must have been exceptional.
as to why it's significant. first, cryptome doesn't really filter stuff, so they aren't "endorsing" it. someone submitted it to cryptome. perhaps they thought it was related to the recent closure (at first glance, it doesn't seem to be).
here you go: Court records show that, in June, Lavabit complied with a routine search warrant targeting a child pornography suspect in a federal case in Maryland. That suggests that Levison isn’t a privacy absolutist. Whatever compelled him to shut down now must have been exceptional.
from http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/08/lavabit-snowden/