Re: Old Nicknames
I agree it's almost certainly a publicity stunt, but I don't think anyone would do the things you claim.
"all real and imaginary agencies on earth would be going after to sue / kill / interrogate / seize assets"
Why? The only one I could see here is seize assets, just because they'd be worth a lot of money (temporarily). What would they sue about? Uses of Bitcoin are the responsibility of those who did them, and they're already being prosecuted all the time. What questions would they want answered? Bitcoin's workings are already public, well-understood, and controlled by others. And why would anyone be so motivated as to kill them? It takes time and resources to do any of those things. I'm not seeing a benefit.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
