While PIA is indeed based out of the US, the author of this PIA speed test page http://www.fastestvpnguide.com/private-internet-access-speed-test (which by the way shows they’re more than fast enough to do some serious torrenting) also dug into their privacy policy. Apparently, they do absolutely zero logging. So even if the authorities wanted to get something from them, there would be nothing to get. This is way better than some alternatives, like HideMyAss (UK based) or PureVPN (HongKong based), which log all sorts of crap that can easily identify you. In other words, I doubt the info came from PIA.

Wouldn't speed be up there as far as importance? If you get a VPN that's frustratingly slow to use, you might as well not have one at all.