WACO 2007.

Feds surround NH home.

"What are they trying to do, start a war?" Ed Brown said of the police
presence near his Plainfield home yesterday. "What do they think we have in
here, tanks?"

Apparently, it is illegal to discover you are under surveillance in the "Live Free or Die" State:

Brown, who called his residence "a house of peace," said a friend took his dog for a walk at 8 a.m. yesterday and never came back.

"The dog came running back in a panic about 45 minutes later," he said.

His friend was taken into custody by federal agents after the man discovered surveillance activity on the property, according to U.S. Marshal Steve Monier.

The Keene Free Press is reporting roadblocks and property siezures.

Excellent blog on the saga here. (Don't be discouraged by the gobbledy-gook that first pops up; apparently, they've messed up their template. Just scroll down below it.)

The government's (almost certainly vastly inflated) estimate of the Browns' unpaid tax amount is $750,000. How much does it plan to spend trying to collect that $750,000?