But you are addressing an interesting question: Where has Libbi spent the last 16 (or so) months?
At Dick Cheney's undisclosed location?
Seriously, I anticipate he's been in prison the entire time, occasionally getting grilled. They finally put enough pieces together to nab ol' what'shisname last month, breaking the plot wide open. And they likely then tracked it back to al-Libbi. As more of a managerial type involvement, is my guess. But mentioning his name gets the Pakistanis a little more credit.
Abu Faraj al-Libi
Reportedly arrested on May 4, 2005, North Western Frontier Province, Pakistan.
Libyan, suspected al-Qaeda leader of operations, alleged mastermind of two assassination attempts on Musharraf. Col. James Yonts, a U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, "said in an email to The Associated Press that al-Libbi was taken directly from Pakistan to the U.S. and was not brought to Afghanistan."
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/30/usdom12109.htm OK, I do not care as long as he is not plotting something, but why did they say that in the article?