> “[W]e’re compelled by industry policies to revoke certs when we become aware that the private key has been communicated to a 3rd-party and thus could be used by that party to intercept and decrypt communications”

This raises an interesting possibility of civil disobedience. Imagine if there was a site hosted in, say, russia, which received tip-offs from NSL recipients about these SSL seizures. And imagine they then informed the SSL issuers, who would revoke the certs, rendering the old ones useless and forcing the FBI back into court, with no-one to point a finger at.

I suppose the FBI would just request an order for all future certs as well.