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Domestic Security Policy

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Anonymous Could Wipe Out U.S. Power, Feds Say

    ​One thing Anonymous is really good for is embarrassing public agencies (BART) -- and their employees (Linton Johnson). But the National Security Agency is worried that the shadowy online hacking group will soon have the power to shut off our power via cyberattack. The Wall Street Journal is repor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    Anonymous Accuses Feds of "Fear-Mongering," Denies Plans to Attack Power Grid

    ​Earlier today, we gave readers a heads up that Anonymous could soon have the ability to wipe out our power grid, further screwing citizens. But after the National Security Agency released the news of this domestic threat, Anonymous sent out a tweet today calling the NSA's claims "baseless fear-mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    TSA Clarification: You Can Take Some Kinds of Cupcakes on Planes

    ​Thanks to NPR, SFoodie now knows what to pack the next time we plan to drive straight from Kingdom Cake to SFO. On its blog, the federal Transportation Security Agency has just issued some clarifying rules about what kind of cupcakes you can take on a plane. The agency has come under criticism a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Francisco Carrillo-Beltran, Mexican National, Accused of Smuggling Meth Through Airport

    Great for massages, not so great for drug smuggling​Border Patrol agents seized about 11 pounds of methamphetamine from Francisco Carillo-Beltran's luggage as he traveled through the Fresno/Yosemite International Airport on Sept. 11. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 42-year-old Carr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    iPhone App to Push Earthquake-Themed Social Networking

    Yow: Let's play earthquake preparedness!!!!​San Francisco's government is creating an iPhone app patterned after FarmVille and Foursquare where players can prepare themselves for an earthquake, rather than feed imaginary chickens or collect badges.Called SF Heroes, the app is scheduled to be relea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 6, 2011

    Anarchy in the U.S.

    Yow: Let's play earthquake preparedness!!!!​San Francisco's government is creating an iPhone app patterned after FarmVille and Foursquare where players can prepare themselves for an earthquake, rather than feed imaginary chickens or collect badges.Called SF Heroes, the app is scheduled to be relea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Radiation Levels Monitored on Japan-California Flights

    Old-school decontamination​U.S. Customs and Border Protection is monitoring radiation levels on airplanes, cargo, and passengers on flights inbound to West Coast cities from Japan, federal officials said today.In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said officials were seeking to "evaluate t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Judge Says TSA Doesn't Have to Turn Over Body Scan Images to Civil Liberties Group

    TSA Doesn't Want to Reveal What It's Revealing​As it turns out, when Big Brother is watching he doesn't have to reveal what he sees.In the latest chapter of TSA v. The rest of America, a federal judge ruled that the Transportation Security Administration doesn't have to turn over the 2,000 images ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    Travel writer Edward Hasbrouck sues Homeland Security over travel data

    TSA Doesn't Want to Reveal What It's Revealing​As it turns out, when Big Brother is watching he doesn't have to reveal what he sees.In the latest chapter of TSA v. The rest of America, a federal judge ruled that the Transportation Security Administration doesn't have to turn over the 2,000 images ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Accused Sex Offenders Arrested at San Francisco Airport

    ​U.S. Customs and Border Protection is announcing it nabbed two alleged sex offenders at San Francisco Airport after the American citizens' separate flights from the Philippines touched down.  The first man was arrested last Monday on a warrant out of Washington State. The second man was book ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    'Secure Communities' Program Nails 29 Illegal Immigrants In S.F. Jail

    After all, now we have finger prints...​ICE touts success stories of new program -- but San Francisco sheriff's department would have reported "criminal aliens" anyways under old sanctuary city policyIn the first nine days after the San Francisco Sheriff's Department begrudgingly implemented the f ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    If BART reopens its public restrooms, then the terrorists win

    After all, now we have finger prints...​ICE touts success stories of new program -- but San Francisco sheriff's department would have reported "criminal aliens" anyways under old sanctuary city policyIn the first nine days after the San Francisco Sheriff's Department begrudgingly implemented the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Obama 'Even Worse' Than Bush On Secret Wiretapping Case, Says S.F. Lawyer

    Is 'Mr. Change' listening?​San Francisco attorney Jon Eisenberg thinks he's learned a thing or two about Barack Obama over the past 15 months. Eisenberg, who won a landmark decision against the government in Northern California's U.S. District Court Wednesday on a wiretapping case, says that when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    ICE Confirms That Amuse Bouche Street-Food Vendor is Detained, Will Be Deported

    A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) told SFoodie she could confirm that street-food vendor Murat Celebi-Ariner is currently in detention, and will be deported. Citing security concerns, spokeswoman Lori Haley would not say where C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2008

    Internet Archive, EFF Smack Down FBI

    A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) told SFoodie she could confirm that street-food vendor Murat Celebi-Ariner is currently in detention, and will be deported. Citing security concerns, spokeswoman Lori Haley would not say where C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2008

    Billboard Liberation Front Redecorates Mission Sign

    A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) told SFoodie she could confirm that street-food vendor Murat Celebi-Ariner is currently in detention, and will be deported. Citing security concerns, spokeswoman Lori Haley would not say where C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2007

    Home of the Broke -- USCIS announces fee hike

    A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) told SFoodie she could confirm that street-food vendor Murat Celebi-Ariner is currently in detention, and will be deported. Citing security concerns, spokeswoman Lori Haley would not say where C ... More >>

  • Music

    January 24, 2007

    A Twisted Tale

    A well-known erotic performer is now an international fugitive. A look into who’s getting caught up in the identity theft crackdown.

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Boycott Feinstein

    A new proposed law would put activists in jail for hurting a company's bottom line

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    The Mayor's Quake Insurance Program

    Stop the presses: a column in praise of Gavin Newsom's political courage in support of the public interest

  • Culture

    May 4, 2005

    Back of the Throat

    What starts out as an intriguing standoff becomes a predictable tirade

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, May 12, 2004

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Letters and the Editor

    Messages from a repellent AIDS "activist" and other items of interest, put in self-serving context by Weekly Editor John Mecklin

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Surprise!

    If you think S.F. is ready for a terrorist attack – even two years-plus after 9/11 – think again

  • News

    August 6, 2003

    Uncle Sam Needs You to Be a Suspected Terrorist

    Wise-ass humor is the best way to fight the Bush administration's anti-terror excesses. And, hey, wise-ass humor is what we do best.

  • News

    May 28, 2003

    Big Doctor Is Watching

    As of April 14, the national security police can monitor your medical records without your knowledge. So can the local police.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    The New Defenders

    An explosion of federal funding has Bay Area researchers at the forefront of America's counter-terrorism program. Will the money make us safer - or just make science a military secret?

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    The Spybots Among Us

    How the NSA tracks terrorists in the United States through the Internet

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Way to Prepare for the Big One

    American Red Cross

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    South to the Future

    Community or Crime Syndicate? Feds bust online trading scheme

  • News

    November 15, 1995

    Rounding Up the Usual Sospechosos

    Alleged misconduct by INS agents has activists in the Latino community angry

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