Hi Dagny, both Susan and celler are correct, but there is also a little more to it.

Sara Behunek (author) is a financial blogger for TheDeal.com. So it was also a financial rag that paid her for the story.

The Story was First Posted Under This Title:
Survival School Why more Americans are learning to pick locks, bust out of handcuffs, and avoid surveillance.
http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/experience/2009/07/16/survival-school

Here is a working link to the reprint, the above link didn't work for me:
For Prophets Of Cataclysm, A 'Mad Max' Curriculum (the abridged version)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072404169.html

The first link it better because it has video (shot with my camera:)

It was fun class.... Kevin Reeve also worked for Tom Brown, Jr's "Tracker" school for a number of years.