British hacker Lauri Love stands accused of causing „millions of dollars“ in damages to US government computers — charges he‘s been facing for more than two years. These charges originate in the US, but it‘s the UK that‘s been trying to get Love to give up his encryption keys for the past couple of years.

Under RIPA (Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act of 2000), the UK government can charge Love with „failure to cooperate“ by refusing to comply with the order to decrypt files. To date it has not done so, despite Love blowing off its demands since the middle of February 2014.