David Charles Hahn, who was nicknamed the “Radioactive Boy Scout,” received regular visits from the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] for nearly a decade from 2005 through 2015, Ars has learned.
Hahn, who was profiled by Harper’s Magazine in 1998 for his attempts to build a homemade breeder nuclear reactor in his mother’s backyard shed, passed away late last year in Michigan at the age of 39. Last month, Ars reported that Hahn did not die as a result of radiation poisoning.
Upon his death, we filed numerous Freedom of Information Act requests with various federal agencies, including the FBI. Amongst the documents we received were three FBI reports dating between 2007 and 2010. They detail three separate instances when people reported to law enforcement that they believed that Hahn may be trying to restart his nuclear activities. When local and federal authorities investigated, they found no such evidence.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday April 25 2017, @09:49AM (6 children)
Maybe he should moved to another country?
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @10:08AM (3 children)
No country is safe from meddling Americans.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:54PM (1 child)
Re-founded Kekistan will be free of the Imperial influence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @06:40PM
Mod Parent KEK
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @09:06PM
Well, the Transnistria, that's not got much American in it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 25 2017, @12:55PM
> Maybe he should moved to another country?
Its hard to tell if you are being serious. Surely no educated adult is that naive, right?
Life isn't that simple, especially for people without means.
Nevermind that the same notoriety which caused the FBI to show up regularly would deter most countries from permitting him to emigrate.
(Score: 2) by julian on Tuesday April 25 2017, @05:35PM
That's virtually impossible even for people of middle class means. Expatriating is a luxury of the rich, and those with highly desired technical skills (doctors, engineers) which usually coincides with being "rich" enough anyway. Poor? Middle class? You're stuck where you were planted.