If that were true, they would have had no problems communicating through her lawyer initially. The previously linked article discussed the FBI threatening to grab her off the streets and interrogate her without counsel: "If we happen to run into her on the street, we're gonna' be asking her some questions without you present." and "We would strongly prefer to meet her in person. We have teams in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta keeping an eye out for her" [1,2]

[1] http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tor-developer-isis-agora-lovecruft-...

[2] https://github.com/isislovecruft/patternsinthevoid/blob/mast...