I thought it would never come back when I saw that it was seized by the FBI thinking that they can dictate, control and regulate things like foreign exchanges which as you said is ridiculous as the US shouldn't be acting like world police.
I heard they are blocking US customers and it is probably a smart move rather than suffer any other problems. Thanks for the update @kingscrown
I'm in the US and was able to see the site, and the trollbox activity includes people I recognize. Haven't tried to log back in yet, so you might be right.
This is interesting, showing they're registered in the Virgin Islands: https://www.whois.com/whois/btc-e.nz