evidence around that fossil to see whether there's something there that's wrong, chargeable, what more needs to be investigated. >> fbi agents arrived here in hill city. they presented the black hills institute with a court order. that order demanded the release of more information. but the people at the institute have another name for it. they call it harassment. >> it should not be allowed to happen. this is the united states of america. >> so far, no criminal charges have been filed in the case. members of the institute say they're innocent and are hoping that a new administration will put an end to their legal fight over sue. >> institute officials thought their problems were over when kevin schieffer was replaced as u.s. attorney, but apparently they continue to be the target of the federal government. >> we have a federal search warrant issued by the u.s. district court and we're serving a search warrant. >> the enormous amount of money the government is spending to put one person or one group of people out of business, that's so vital to a community. >> it's been nearly 18 months since sue was seized from this