James Johnson

James Maxwell Johnson (April 30, 2013 - July 3, 2047) was an American cybercriminal who was a member of the National Insecurity Agency.

Johnson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Anthony and Karen Johnson. Anthony was a member of the Nation of Islam, but left the group to after entering into a relationship with Karen (nee Weisz). Because Karen was both white and Jewish, Anthony was completely excommunicated from the NOI and his family, and converted to Judaism prior to the marriage. Though James was raised Jewish, he would eventually come to reject religion entirely during his college years.

Johnson began attending the Community College of Allegheny County near Pittsburgh in 2031, then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia to study physics in 2033. By this time, the NIA had achieved a semi-mythical status amongst the technical disciplines in the school, and Johnson found his way to a meeting early in his first semester.

Johnson was considered one of the most extremist members of the group, and espoused a radical minarchist philosophy, an extreme form of libertarianism. He was a frequent collaborator with fellow criminal Alexa Francetic, though they had extreme political differences and frequently argued, and were in fact known to dislike each other. In this capacity, he participated in the assassination of Herman Gage and the Ross tower bombing.

Johnson was a firearms enthusiast and a survivalist, and frequently carried a weapon with him. When the FBI raided the National Insecurity Agency's Philadelphia headquarters in 2047, he reportedly pulled his firearm and was subsequently shot and killed by officers. He was one of three members killed during the raid.