Yep, in the german version it says "Anfang des Jahres verklagte die US-Regierung Lavabit auf Herausgabe ihrer SSL-Schlüssel und gewann den Prozess." So there they wrote about the correct technical details.
It's a decision by whoever writes the code for the xml feed of a site. Most of the time short snippets in the xml feed are meant to tease you so you visit their site.