We did have one case where a poster named "Asmodeus" turned out to be working for a tort lawyer ginning up a case against Boeing for TWA 800. I googled around and figured out who he was. He was quite furious when I accused him on an FR forum.
I loooove the smell of burning troll in the morning.
I bet we also get paid astroturfing FOR the Drug War (the ONDCP is excempt from laws against domestic propaganda, so it could even be government funded), and AGAINST tax reform, among other things. You get posters that post big tracts of cut and paste blah blah, and their main message is "Things will never change, give up."
OK, I learned how to use italics, but I see its time to spend a bit more time in the sandbox! (to learn how to turn it back off again!)