[maica]

...a count of theft within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, because the charity is in the Presidio.

I have read this about five times and cannot make any sense of it. Does the Presidio have some kind of special status separate from the city of San Francisco or the state of California? Is the Tides Foundation hq'ed on a barge in the Bay? What? I wonder who blew the whistle on him? Maybe he uttered some non-leftwing opinions.

[Albion Wilde]

The Presidio in San Francisco is apparently administered separately from the rest of the city.

How have you been? Miss chatting with you! I pinged you to a bunch of Frank McCourt obit threads -- maybe he wasn't your cup of tea....