America is crazy. The Bitcoin witch hunt could get interesting. They may even make a reality tv show that hunts down bitcoin miners.

They've asked for information, that's all. Regulators are still trying to learn and understand about bitcoin.

Governments always take that extra rope.

They aren't persecuting, they're simply asking if the companies are complying with regulations. Since NY SEC charged pirateat40, you would expect a lot more attention. People asked for gov to intervene, so here you go.

Hey I would watch that!

Hosted by Charles Schumer who gives up his political ambitions to combat the evil scourge of Bitcoin, "Coin Hunters" takes to the streets. Dressed in full tactical gear, they search for high electric bills in search of these high tech addicts suffering delusions of grandeur about "changing the system." Sundays 10p/9p on FOXXXXXXXXXXX.

The drug thing is just a pathetic excuse. People buy millions of dollars in drugs everyday (legal and non) with just about every currency on the planet. Bitcoin is no different.

Eventually Team America: World Police will make all Bitcoiners wear a yellow coin badge when they leave the house so the authorities can identify them on sight. This badge will be known as the Star of Satoshi.

SWAT team conduct dawn raid on basement of middle class subburban house with T.V. crews in hot pursuit.
Pictures of fat spotty kid being dragged out of bed and cops smashing racks of computers and cooling towers with the buts of their riffles.
Mum in her nightie sobbing uncosolably.
Father looking distraught, 'Marijuana, cocaine, even crystal meth I could understand but this - I can't believe you're a bitcoiner. You're no son of mine.'
Son breaks away from the cops and whispers to his watching friend and neighbour 'behind the fireplace, my butterfly labs ASIC - it arrived, fire it up and change the world'.
He is then dragged away to the van and disappears.