I can't comment on that I'm afraid as I'm not sure exactly what LE have done nor exactly how they have gone about doing it, but you should presume that all information is compromised and act accordingly. I appreciate that abby. We have initiated backup contact methods amongst ourselves and will try our best to work something out. However, unfortunately for now the chances of us having anything to do with any possible implementation of Silk Road rising from this are nil. Perhaps others can assist in this regard, but for the moment we cannot associate ourselves with anything; certainly not until we know the entire story and have trawled through all court documents to relating to the case against the person that the LE and the media are portraying as Dread Pirate Roberts. I'm not sure that the site has "shut down" per se (it could very well still be up and running with LE replacing the domain landing page with a seizure notice), so it is unlikely that the backup wallet function has been activated; keep in mind that it is possible that they may be able to switch that off. I can't comment further on that because I don't know the ins and outs of it, but for now you should consider all bitcoins lost. I'm very sorry. I share your pain in that regard. Libertas