Or ignore the NSL, talk to the press about it openly, and become the case which invalidates them.
I'd do it.
That's really easy to say behind a throwaway account on the internet. It's a much harder choice when it's your life and freedom on the line, and I don't know if anyone can truly say it for sure until they're in that position.
This is an absolutely fair observation.
What is a NSL supposed to achieve here?
What non-content information could they have wanted from her?
If she has commit rights to the tor project they could require her to submit a patch which could be used to reviel metadata about tor users.
What you said. The ECI leaks say they use them gor SIGINT-enabling. In Lavabit, the court order was to compromise all the keys then lie to users that it never happened.