poorly excerpted from http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000095027nov29.story?coll=la%2Dheadline... On Wednesday, San Francisco law enforcement officials agreed. Police arrested Michael Petrelis and ACT UP San Francisco spokesman David Pasquarelli on charges of criminal conspiracy, stalking and making terrorist threats against newspaper reporters and public health officials. The pair, who are allies, are accused of calling reporters and health officials at home repeatedly past midnight, making threats and leaving obscene sexual messages. Together, they are charged with 27 felonies and misdemeanors. Both men have acknowledged making or encouraging late-night calls, sometimes using foul language, but have denied making threats. They cite the need for a "new phase of activism" to combat what they call false public health studies and biased news articles that have scared the gay community and discouraged gay sex. "I did not make any death threats. I did not make any bomb threats," Petrelis said. "Was I using abusive language? Well, yeah." The men were held in lieu of $500,000 bail. Petrelis has acknowledged publicizing the home phone numbers of top officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. And, on posters and the ACT UP San Francisco Web site, Pasquarelli's group has superimposed swastikas and other Nazi insignia on a picture of a top San Francisco public health official, Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, calling for his ouster.