I agree the FBI shouldn't get access to everything. From the perspective of a Federal judge,however, there he cannot allow Lavabit to just not comply. So giving the FBI access and maintaining "safeguards" to prevent them from abusing it is an acceptable outcome. (Note, I don't trust those safeguards)
Now, why is that the outcome and not just forcing Lavabit to hand over select information via say the US Marshal's. Because Lavabit said that would take a while to implement and by this point the Feds think Lavabit is dicking around with them, the Feds decided this option won't work.
The feds obviously don't know the code base and can't implement the requested functionality themselves even if they somehow gained access to the service without taking it down. But they can ask for the SSL keys. That's a tangible piece of information the court can force Lavabit to hand over immediately. It makes sense that the government would request it. And it makes some sense that a federal judge would allow it after Lavabit itself rejected the option that preserved the privacy of the rest of it's users.
Now, why is that the outcome and not just forcing Lavabit to hand over select information via say the US Marshal's. Because Lavabit said that would take a while to implement and by this point the Feds think Lavabit is dicking around with them, the Feds decided this option won't work.
The feds obviously don't know the code base and can't implement the requested functionality themselves even if they somehow gained access to the service without taking it down. But they can ask for the SSL keys. That's a tangible piece of information the court can force Lavabit to hand over immediately. It makes sense that the government would request it. And it makes some sense that a federal judge would allow it after Lavabit itself rejected the option that preserved the privacy of the rest of it's users.