Molly Last, second from left, and Chris Baron carry the torch on Marina Blvd. at Laguna Street, Wednesday, April 9, 2008, during the Torch Relay in San Francisco. The Olympic torch played hide and seek with thousands of demonstrators and spectators crowding the city's waterfront Wednesday before being spirited away without even a formal goodbye on its symbolic stop in the United States.
Protesters in support of China, left, confront supporters of a free Tibet over the arrival of the Olympic torch in front of the Ferry Building along the Embarcadero Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in San Francisco.
Pro and anti-China protesters clash in front of the Ferry Building before the arrival of the Olympic torch, Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in San Francisco.
Chinese swimmer Lin Lee waves the Olympic torch during opening ceremonies in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 9, 2008. The Olympic torch relay got under way -- and the flame promptly vanished. With thousands of protesters gathered to condemn China's human rights policies, protesters had lined the streets waiting for the torch relay to begin.
Chinese swimmer Lin Lee, an Olympic torch runner, runs past security as she leaves opening ceremonies in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
Protesters in support of a free Tibet march down the Embarcadero before the arrival of the Olympic torch Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in San Francisco.
Two pro-Tibet protesters are arrested by San Francisco police near Justin Herman Plaza during demonstrations held during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
A Tibetan protester dressed as a member of China's army pretends to beat on Tibetans during demonstration at a rally against the China's Olympic torch relay at the Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, Wednesday, April 9, 2008.
Ashin Nanikabhivamsa, a Burmese monk living in Fremont, Calif., left, and Jack Kornfield, Buddhist teacher and co-founder of a meditation center in Marin County, right, lead a group of Burma supporters in a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in an effort to bring awareness to what they believe are human rights violations by the Chinese government.
Burmese monks and Burma supporters participate in a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif. Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in an effort to bring awareness to what they believe are human rights violations by the Chinese government.
About a thousand demonstrators gather on the eve of San Francisco's Olympic torch run to denounce Chinas human rights record on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in San Francisco.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks in support of Tibet on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in San Francisco. About a thousand demonstrators gathered on the eve of San Francisco's Olympic torch run to denounce Chinas human rights record.
Kalsang Gyaltsen, foreground, chants during a pro-Tibet rally on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in San Francisco. Gyaltsen, born in Tibet, joined hundreds of demonstrators protesting Chinas human rights record as runners prepare to carry the Olympic flame through San Francisco on Wednesday.