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Federal Bureau of Investigation

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Facebook Being Blamed in East Coast Porn Fiasco

    ​Some teens on the East Coast were horrified to discover their innocent Facebook photos had been plastered all over a sleazy porn site. According to media reports, 17 girls from Bay Path Technical Vocational Regional High School in Charlton, Mass., were victims of this Facebook/porn fiasco, but sc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Megaupload Bust Highlights Absurdity of SOPA/PIPA

    ​Last week, just as two ill-conceived anti-piracy bills were disintegrating in Congress in the face of a massive online protest, the FBI, with help from foreign governments, was busting Megaupload, one of the biggest sources of pirated digital goods. The timing was interesting, though the feds s ... More >>

  • Film

    November 9, 2011

    "J. Edgar": Rich Script, Masterful Acting Weave Dense Historical Tale

    ​Last week, just as two ill-conceived anti-piracy bills were disintegrating in Congress in the face of a massive online protest, the FBI, with help from foreign governments, was busting Megaupload, one of the biggest sources of pirated digital goods. The timing was interesting, though the feds s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Marshall McMains Goldberg, Man Accused of Kidnapping Elderly Mom, Could Be in Bay Area

    Marshall Goldberg​Federal authorities say Marshall McMains Goldberg, the California man charged with kidnapping his eldery mother from her Ashland, Oregon home, could be hiding out in the San Francisco Bay Area. In May, a Grand Jury indicted Goldberg, 55, on charges that he kidnapped his 85-year-o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    No. 3: Sichuan Pickles at Mission Chinese Food

    Albert Law/porkbellystudioMission Chinese Food's mixed pickles, $3.​SFoodie's countdown of our 92 favorite things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition.The longer Danny Bowien and Anthony Myint's restaurant sticks around, the farther afield it spins, growing wilder and more elaborate wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Ross Mirkarimi Wants To Stop FBI's Monitoring of Muslims

    Look! Now they're going out to the movies! It's all part of a nefarious plot, I tell you! ​Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi introduced a resolution this week asking his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors to endorse a Human Rights Commission report that shows law enforcement is consistently racial pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Cops Suspended While FBI Investigates Drug Bust

    It's like an a TV episode​San Francisco's Chief of Police has decided to suspend the police department's plainclothes unit at the southern station while the city investigates accusations of perjury and police misconduct during a drug bust earlier this year. The officers involved have been reassign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    San Francisco Hacker Charged with Stealing E-mail Addresses from iPad Owners

    iHack​San Francisco is home to some of the smartest and most tech-savvy inventors -- and hackers. Federal authorities arrested Daniel Spitler, a San Francisco resident, on suspicion of stealing and distributing the e-mail addresses of more than 120,000 iPad owners. Spitler, 26, and Andrew Auernhei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    The Top 10 Closeted Conservatives of All Time

    Ken Mehlman has had plenty of dancing partners at the hypocrisy party​When Ken Mehlman crawled out of the closet last week he dragged a legion of filthy dust bunnies along  with him. For years, Mehlman was the mouthpiece -- and brain trust -- of the political party that built its reputation a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Google May Launch iTunes Rival, Rock Concert Injuries, Shred Guitar on Your iPhone

    Bono, your ruined back totally ruined our week​Google may launch music store to battle with iTunes this fall. [CNET]U2 had to postpone tonight's show in Oakland due to Bono's back injury. Disappointed, the Chron assembles a list of famous rock injury moments. [SF Gate]Members of Oakland noise-psy ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican Cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Accused Child Porn Professor to be Arraigned Today

    Kenneth Kyle​Kenneth Kyle, the Cal State East Bay professor arrested earlier this month at San Francisco International Airport on child porn charges, will be arraigned this morning at San Francisco's Hall of Justice. The 47-year-old is facing felony charges of child pornography possession and chil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Victims Survive the Night Following Fort Mason Double Shooting

    View Larger Map A 17-year-old boy shot in the stomach last night in what appears to be an unprovoked shooting near Fort Mason is out of surgery with his condition upgraded to "non-life-threatening." He may speak to investigators from the Natonal Park Police and FBI as soon as today. The boy and a 22 ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    No Justice

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Film

    September 16, 2009

    The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Chronic City: Aptly Named 'Joint Resolution' Succeeds; California Senate Urges Change in Federal Medical Marijuana Rules

    ​By a 23-15 vote, the California State Senate yesterday approved a "joint resolution" urging the federal government to stop Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) raids on medical marijuana patients and providers. The Sen. Mark Leno-authored resolution additionally calls for the nation to "create a compreh ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Misdeeds

    An investor finds that he has been swindled, and that the schemer was aided by a mortgage industry lacking oversight.

  • Film

    July 1, 2009

    Jennifer Lynch returns triumphant, bringing Julia Ormond along for the ride in Surveillance

    An investor finds that he has been swindled, and that the schemer was aided by a mortgage industry lacking oversight.

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Separated at Birth? Disgraced Illinois Gov and Distinguished Berkeley Prof

    Is it just us or does busted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... look quite a bit like respected U.C. Berkley astronomy professor Alex Filippenko?One helped SF Weekly with some calculations -- and the other is just calculating. One has a Ph.D, the other one was busted by the FBI. One looks at the star ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 9, 2008

    Audience member does Keanu Reeves role in Point Break play

    Is it just us or does busted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... look quite a bit like respected U.C. Berkley astronomy professor Alex Filippenko?One helped SF Weekly with some calculations -- and the other is just calculating. One has a Ph.D, the other one was busted by the FBI. One looks at the star ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    Ripping It Up

    Is it just us or does busted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... look quite a bit like respected U.C. Berkley astronomy professor Alex Filippenko?One helped SF Weekly with some calculations -- and the other is just calculating. One has a Ph.D, the other one was busted by the FBI. One looks at the star ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2008

    Get On Board

    Is it just us or does busted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... look quite a bit like respected U.C. Berkley astronomy professor Alex Filippenko?One helped SF Weekly with some calculations -- and the other is just calculating. One has a Ph.D, the other one was busted by the FBI. One looks at the star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Authorities Not Impressed By DA's Totally Bitchin' PC

    Is it just us or does busted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... look quite a bit like respected U.C. Berkley astronomy professor Alex Filippenko?One helped SF Weekly with some calculations -- and the other is just calculating. One has a Ph.D, the other one was busted by the FBI. One looks at the star ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 30, 2008

    Pants on Fire

    Is it just us or does busted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ... look quite a bit like respected U.C. Berkley astronomy professor Alex Filippenko?One helped SF Weekly with some calculations -- and the other is just calculating. One has a Ph.D, the other one was busted by the FBI. One looks at the star ... More >>

  • Film

    January 23, 2008

    You Kill Me

    Following Untraceable's lame-brained argument, we're all to blame for this massively dumb movie

  • News

    January 16, 2008

    Gus Fallay Beats Bribery Rap, Wants Old Job Back at SF Department of Building Inspection

    Following Untraceable's lame-brained argument, we're all to blame for this massively dumb movie

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Napa Wine Tour Operator Unmaksed As Highway 101 Bandit

    Following Untraceable's lame-brained argument, we're all to blame for this massively dumb movie

  • Film

    August 29, 2007

    Test My Balls of Fury

    Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album

  • Film

    February 14, 2007

    Spy vs. Spy

    Billy Ray takes on another liar: FBI traitor Robert Hanssen

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, October 11, 2006

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Untouchable

    Half of U.S. Attorney Kevin Ryan's lawyers have quit. But as he remains bunkered against criticism, who's minding the shop?

  • News

    July 26, 2006

    Get Out of Jail Free

    In the process of taking down the city's baddest gangsters, prosecutors and cops set some very scary people free.

  • News

    April 19, 2006

    Should journalist Josh Wolf be afraid?

    The Assistant U.S. Attorney, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the SFPD want to get their hands on a video shot by a San Francisco blogger

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Keep It Really Real

    Willie Brown acknowledges his cronies fed at the city trough? Now that's funny.

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Bait and Snitch

    Lying under oath, threatening witnesses, revealing the names of federal agents -- it's just another day on the job for one of the DEA's paid drug informants

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    Remember Los Alamos!

    So some computers, disk drives, keys, and uranium have been "misplaced." Don't you still think UC should run the top-secret Los Alamos nuclear lab? Take quiz, find out.

  • Film

    March 23, 2005

    Ugly Duckling

    Sandra Bullock fires off another Miss

  • News

    September 17, 2003

    Facing the Music

    The feds catch up with the "homeless hacker" -- and order him off computers

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    Son of Super Swindler

    The unsettling link between a group of firms that sell financial planning services to elderly Californians and one of the most notorious con men in U.S. history

  • News

    December 19, 2001

    The Spybots Among Us

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

  • News

    October 31, 2001

    A Vote of Competence

    This is no time for softheaded governing. In this election, Prop. F and Dennis Herrera pass the confidence test; MUD fails completely.

  • Film

    August 16, 2000

    Trouble in Mind

    The Cell dives into the brain of a killer, but it's a shallow pool

  • News

    February 16, 2000

    South to the Future

    Elian Conspiracy

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Silicon Valley Shakedown

    A con man feeds on fear and paranoia in the software business

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Online Pirates of the Caribbean

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • Calendar

    July 21, 1999

    Mecklin

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • News

    August 20, 1997

    Spammer-Jamming Hammered

    The Internet's version of the Hatfields and the McCoys just escalated

  • News

    May 15, 1996

    Dead Heat

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

  • Calendar

    April 17, 1996

    Slap Shots

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

  • Music

    November 29, 1995

    Samples

    Despite the deaths of Aaron Williams and Mark Garcia, the SFPD continues to use pepper spray on suspects who stand a good chance of dying in custody.

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