Alex Davidson’s ‘Black Rifle’ is a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller that takes aim at our national obsession with guns. … then he had his captains, right? In the spring of 2013, a vendor messaged Dread Pirate Roberts threatening to expose the personal information of thousands of users. The site was run by an individual known only as the Dread Pirate Roberts, named after a character from the classic film "The Princess Bride." Jared Der-Yeghiayan: The term's basically used essentially for what it is. Gary Alford: That posting from frosty and that interview convinced me in my heart, this is Dread Pirate Roberts. Merzlikins was upset about Tampa Bay's go-ahead goal (2-1) in the third period because he felt Alex Killorn's stick caught him in the mask seconds before Ondrej Palat scored. By the fall of 2011, Der-Yeghiayan convinced the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago to take on the case. National Geographic stories take you on a journey that’s always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating. … My housemates and I were looking for another roommate and so we put an ad up on Craigslist. Gary Alford: On the bitcoin talk forum, it had multiple postings. Julia Vie: A lotta times I was just angry at him because I wanted to go out, I wanted to have fun, and he was like, "Julia, that's a waste of time.". Julia Vie: Ross and I actually met at a African drumming class. Vincent D'Agostino: The Tor network ... was created for the purpose of allowing people to communicate on the Internet without anyone having the ability to know who or where they were. Austin Berglas: He sat at a table, opened up his laptop. Sometimes by minutes. On Tuesday, the “Bill & Ted” stars debuted a brand new 8-minute short film from Porsche called “Going the Distance”. In 2011, the FBI became aware of an online black-market website, Silk Road, where users could buy and sell goods, including illegal drugs and weapons — even murders for hire were discussed. Milan Patel: Always one step behind. From left, Vincent D'Agostino, Milan Patel and Austin Berglas, former special agents with the FBI's New York cyber branch. Jared Der-Yeghiayan: And as we're doing that, we're also taking' our fingerprints that are coming' off the packages. Former Homeland Security Special Agent Jared Der-Yeghiayan, impersonating "Cirrus," was able to gain the trust of other administrators and eventually the Silk Road boss: Dread Pirate Roberts. She just said, "Google Ross Ulbricht." Jared Der-Yeghiayan: There's a computer somewhere — that actual website's running off of, and when the internet's trying to direct traffic to the website, it has to know where to go to. 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